Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 06.10.18
19/10/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,440 2,010 450,323 7,907 3,109 - 191
Tuesday 116,270 2,387 475,949 8,832 1,789 - 169
Wednesday 121,122 2,569 471,880 6,941 1,272 - 247
Thursday 121,301 1,896 461,852 7,979 2,122 - 171
Friday 109,265 2,609 461,205 7,379 1,776 - 135
Saturday 54,891 98 179,036 183 367 - -
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Total 640,289 11,569 2,500,245 39,221 10,435 - 913
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%Steers 49.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 29.3 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 19.3 %Boars 0.4
%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, October 6, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 530.6 Cattle 1,370 831
Steers 903
Heifers 835
Cows 632
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 230 134
Pork 524.1 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 305
Boars 185
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,058.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 640,289
Steers 317,721 49.6
Heifers 187,547 29.3
Dairy cows 63,916 10.0
Other cows 59,659 9.3
Bulls 11,446 1.8
Calves Total 11,569
Hogs Total 2,500,245
Barrows and gilts 2,430,567 97.2
Sows 60,897 2.4
Boars 8,781 0.4
Sheep Total 39,221
Mature sheep 2,151 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 37,070 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 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 59,973 33,411 79.5 9,810 12,112 18.7
Tuesday 54,604 36,933 78.7 11,656 10,790 19.3
Wednesday 61,596 33,614 78.6 12,611 11,193 19.7
Thursday 62,575 34,863 80.3 11,384 10,612 18.1
Friday 54,883 29,552 77.3 12,760 10,114 20.9
Saturday 24,090 19,174 78.8 5,695 4,838 19.2
Total 317,721 187,547 78.9 63,916 59,659 19.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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