Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 11.08.18
24/08/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 11, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,909 1,874 394,013 8,717 2,865 - 152
Tuesday 119,045 2,205 455,394 8,485 1,840 - 205
Wednesday 118,930 2,631 463,673 6,785 1,594 - 254
Thursday 117,788 1,648 464,955 8,455 2,057 - 176
Friday 117,870 2,792 423,209 6,100 1,736 - 157
Saturday 56,141 50 139,870 763 125 - -
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Total 646,683 11,200 2,341,114 39,305 10,217 - 944
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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- Represents zero.
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not
require inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally
Inspected Plants, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 11, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 527.6 Cattle 1,344 818
Steers 881
Heifers 811
Cows 643
Bulls 896
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 222 129
Pork 487.0 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 305
Boars 188
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 140 70
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 1,018.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 11, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 646,683
Steers 331,336 51.2
Heifers 184,161 28.5
Dairy cows 60,948 9.4
Other cows 59,150 9.1
Bulls 11,088 1.7
Calves Total 11,200
Hogs Total 2,341,114
Barrows and gilts 2,276,102 97.2
Sows 56,886 2.4
Boars 8,126 0.3
Sheep Total 39,305
Mature sheep 2,157 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 37,148 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 11, 2018
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Number of head slaughtered
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Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
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Monday 59,917 33,671 80.1 9,810 11,522 18.2
Tuesday 61,917 32,081 79.0 11,618 11,264 19.2
Wednesday 60,133 33,506 78.7 11,826 11,573 19.7
Thursday 62,609 30,437 79.0 11,653 10,960 19.2
Friday 59,184 35,667 80.5 12,365 8,899 18.0
Saturday 27,576 18,799 82.6 3,676 4,932 15.3
Total 331,336 184,161 79.7 60,948 59,150 18.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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