Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 25.08.18
07/09/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 25, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,935 1,776 446,047 8,996 2,175 - 181
Tuesday 117,561 2,289 464,788 9,664 2,582 - 126
Wednesday 117,465 2,464 473,211 6,665 2,282 - 228
Thursday 118,263 1,983 468,342 6,952 1,541 - 173
Friday 114,018 2,581 453,783 6,665 2,217 - 154
Saturday 58,176 48 214,511 1,219 120 - -
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Total 642,418 11,141 2,520,682 40,161 10,917 - 862
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 18.9 %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 25, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 526.7 Cattle 1,350 822
Steers 889
Heifers 817
Cows 638
Bulls 898
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 207 120
Pork 524.6 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 306
Boars 187
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,055.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 25, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 642,418
Steers 329,039 51.2
Heifers 180,881 28.2
Dairy cows 62,583 9.7
Other cows 59,109 9.2
Bulls 10,806 1.7
Calves Total 11,141
Hogs Total 2,520,682
Barrows and gilts 2,454,609 97.4
Sows 58,660 2.3
Boars 7,413 0.3
Sheep Total 40,161
Mature sheep 2,239 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 37,922 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 25, 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 60,841 32,895 80.2 9,329 11,712 18.0
Tuesday 56,724 35,568 78.5 12,285 11,104 19.9
Wednesday 58,963 33,060 78.3 12,139 11,413 20.1
Thursday 62,069 30,837 78.6 11,759 11,559 19.7
Friday 60,923 29,681 79.5 12,105 9,335 18.8
Saturday 29,519 18,840 83.1 4,966 3,986 15.4
Total 329,039 180,881 79.4 62,583 59,109 18.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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