Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 22.09.18
05/10/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 22, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,895 2,597 414,363 7,796 2,546 - 152
Tuesday 119,190 2,759 419,713 8,468 2,049 - 142
Wednesday 119,826 2,592 435,818 6,536 1,255 - 202
Thursday 118,128 1,736 438,349 8,392 1,853 - 212
Friday 118,824 2,847 439,075 5,816 1,558 - 133
Saturday 64,609 90 186,722 1,029 114 - -
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Total 653,472 12,621 2,334,040 38,037 9,375 - 841
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 18.3 %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, September 22, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 540.7 Cattle 1,362 829
Steers 896
Heifers 825
Cows 641
Bulls 893
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 211 122
Pork 485.8 Hogs 279 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 306
Boars 182
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,030.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 22, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 653,472
Steers 334,343 51.2
Heifers 188,687 28.9
Dairy cows 60,671 9.3
Other cows 58,729 9.0
Bulls 11,042 1.7
Calves Total 12,621
Hogs Total 2,334,040
Barrows and gilts 2,270,453 97.3
Sows 56,181 2.4
Boars 7,406 0.3
Sheep Total 38,037
Mature sheep 1,959 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 36,078 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 22, 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 56,980 33,638 80.3 9,428 10,815 17.9
Tuesday 61,822 32,375 79.0 11,700 11,239 19.2
Wednesday 61,874 32,862 79.1 11,915 11,283 19.4
Thursday 60,241 34,703 80.4 11,485 9,806 18.0
Friday 60,837 34,135 79.9 11,947 9,761 18.3
Saturday 32,589 20,974 82.9 4,196 5,825 15.5
Total 334,343 188,687 80.0 60,671 58,729 18.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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