Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 08.09.18
21/09/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 8, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 3,576 165 2,015 878 633 - -
Tuesday 115,371 2,945 463,139 8,461 2,618 - 159
Wednesday 118,869 2,531 469,245 6,820 1,441 - 266
Thursday 120,000 1,915 473,596 8,251 2,263 - 228
Friday 118,886 2,984 464,657 7,224 1,542 - 143
Saturday 94,427 58 348,021 2,324 52 - -
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Total 571,129 10,598 2,220,673 33,958 8,549 - 796
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%Steers 51.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 27.9 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 18.7 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.6
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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 8, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 471.2 Cattle 1,357 827
Steers 896
Heifers 819
Cows 639
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 209 121
Pork 463.7 Hogs 280 209
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 304
Boars 178
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 938.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 8, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 571,129
Steers 296,214 51.9
Heifers 159,300 27.9
Dairy cows 57,261 10.0
Other cows 49,277 8.6
Bulls 9,077 1.6
Calves Total 10,598
Hogs Total 2,220,673
Barrows and gilts 2,161,117 97.3
Sows 51,318 2.3
Boars 8,238 0.4
Sheep Total 33,958
Mature sheep 2,064 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 31,894 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 8, 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 1,250 645 53.0 1,019 548 43.8
Tuesday 56,856 33,909 78.7 10,595 11,828 19.4
Wednesday 62,058 32,021 79.1 12,764 10,270 19.4
Thursday 63,631 32,263 79.9 12,690 9,491 18.5
Friday 59,611 34,144 78.9 12,851 10,432 19.6
Saturday 52,808 26,318 83.8 7,342 6,708 14.9
Total 296,214 159,300 79.8 57,261 49,277 18.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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