Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 15.09.18
28/09/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 15, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,504 2,420 458,403 7,506 2,910 - 178
Tuesday 120,477 2,643 472,481 8,830 1,686 - 233
Wednesday 120,331 2,706 409,568 6,875 1,520 - 199
Thursday 121,563 1,605 410,447 7,391 1,802 - 243
Friday 119,811 3,138 395,379 6,556 1,549 - 129
Saturday 55,556 51 176,540 40 28 - -
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Total 656,242 12,563 2,322,818 37,198 9,495 - 982
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 28.1 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.9
%Cows 18.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 15, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 541.2 Cattle 1,359 826
Steers 896
Heifers 822
Cows 638
Bulls 894
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 214 124
Pork 484.4 Hogs 280 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 305
Boars 186
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 1,029.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 15, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 656,242
Steers 336,065 51.2
Heifers 184,709 28.1
Dairy cows 63,456 9.7
Other cows 60,512 9.2
Bulls 11,500 1.8
Calves Total 12,563
Hogs Total 2,322,818
Barrows and gilts 2,257,129 97.2
Sows 58,207 2.5
Boars 7,482 0.3
Sheep Total 37,198
Mature sheep 1,813 4.9
Lambs and yearlings 35,385 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 15, 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 59,386 34,561 79.3 9,600 12,778 18.9
Tuesday 60,875 33,329 78.2 12,974 11,181 20.0
Wednesday 58,392 35,828 78.3 12,445 11,635 20.0
Thursday 66,778 31,094 80.5 11,958 9,887 18.0
Friday 62,257 33,223 79.7 12,639 9,648 18.6
Saturday 28,377 16,674 81.1 3,840 5,383 16.6
Total 336,065 184,709 79.4 63,456 60,512 18.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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