Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 13.10.18
26/10/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 13, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,313 1,639 472,871 5,981 1,289 - 141
Tuesday 119,730 2,514 452,343 9,165 2,685 - 148
Wednesday 119,655 2,511 467,422 7,554 1,507 - 226
Thursday 118,891 2,001 475,930 7,795 2,286 - 224
Friday 114,441 2,613 459,422 7,218 1,593 - 145
Saturday 60,192 100 168,584 104 155 - -
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Total 647,222 11,378 2,496,572 37,817 9,515 - 884
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.1
%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, October 13, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 536.4 Cattle 1,371 831
Steers 899
Heifers 831
Cows 635
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 233 136
Pork 524.8 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 306
Boars 183
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,065.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 13, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 647,222
Steers 334,155 51.6
Heifers 181,164 28.0
Dairy cows 62,477 9.7
Other cows 58,828 9.1
Bulls 10,598 1.6
Calves Total 11,378
Hogs Total 2,496,572
Barrows and gilts 2,427,590 97.2
Sows 60,218 2.4
Boars 8,764 0.4
Sheep Total 37,817
Mature sheep 1,916 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 35,901 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 13, 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 58,665 31,989 79.3 9,069 12,402 18.8
Tuesday 62,031 31,547 78.2 12,063 11,827 20.0
Wednesday 62,452 31,765 78.7 12,397 11,003 19.6
Thursday 62,707 32,421 80.0 11,814 10,273 18.6
Friday 58,210 32,664 79.4 12,540 9,149 19.0
Saturday 30,090 20,778 84.5 4,594 4,174 14.6
Total 334,155 181,164 79.6 62,477 58,828 18.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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