Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 01.09.18
14/09/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 1, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,348 1,799 468,034 7,857 2,646 - 145
Tuesday 119,960 2,175 472,625 8,207 1,624 - 222
Wednesday 118,200 2,498 452,547 5,476 1,512 - 288
Thursday 119,749 2,090 468,247 6,890 1,978 - 185
Friday 119,439 2,800 455,418 5,989 1,724 - 123
Saturday 47,025 67 147,056 944 28 - 42
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Total 644,721 11,429 2,463,927 35,363 9,512 - 1,005
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%Steers 51.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 28.1 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 18.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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, September 1, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 527.8 Cattle 1,349 820
Steers 888
Heifers 818
Cows 631
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 217 126
Pork 510.2 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 303
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,041.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 1, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 644,721
Steers 330,735 51.3
Heifers 181,378 28.1
Dairy cows 62,859 9.7
Other cows 57,700 8.9
Bulls 12,049 1.9
Calves Total 11,429
Hogs Total 2,463,927
Barrows and gilts 2,396,493 97.3
Sows 60,193 2.4
Boars 7,241 0.3
Sheep Total 35,363
Mature sheep 2,162 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 33,201 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 1, 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 62,022 34,574 80.3 9,067 12,418 17.9
Tuesday 60,949 34,344 79.4 11,790 10,739 18.8
Wednesday 62,731 31,366 79.6 11,890 10,272 18.7
Thursday 59,919 36,378 80.4 11,950 9,443 17.9
Friday 62,597 32,243 79.4 12,755 9,550 18.7
Saturday 22,517 12,473 74.4 5,407 5,278 22.7
Total 330,735 181,378 79.4 62,859 57,700 18.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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