Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 20.10.18
02/11/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,389 1,898 461,046 8,093 2,927 - 171
Tuesday 120,659 2,374 479,328 8,168 1,771 - 172
Wednesday 118,945 2,458 477,646 6,528 1,377 - 241
Thursday 116,135 1,891 477,999 7,952 2,378 - 185
Friday 115,752 2,493 466,333 6,735 1,780 - 173
Saturday 45,251 71 236,709 868 36 - 10
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Total 632,131 11,185 2,599,061 38,344 10,269 - 952
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 19.9 %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, October 20, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 517.3 Cattle 1,362 820
Steers 894
Heifers 826
Cows 626
Bulls 861
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 230 134
Pork 547.8 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 306
Boars 184
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,069.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 632,131
Steers 306,940 48.6
Heifers 188,281 29.8
Dairy cows 64,924 10.3
Other cows 60,804 9.6
Bulls 11,182 1.8
Calves Total 11,185
Hogs Total 2,599,061
Barrows and gilts 2,530,460 97.4
Sows 60,103 2.3
Boars 8,498 0.3
Sheep Total 38,344
Mature sheep 1,838 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 36,506 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 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 56,764 34,690 79.3 9,957 11,769 18.8
Tuesday 63,045 31,882 78.7 12,351 11,318 19.6
Wednesday 59,878 34,132 79.0 12,242 10,924 19.5
Thursday 58,306 34,158 79.6 11,546 10,344 18.8
Friday 53,587 37,200 78.4 12,917 10,020 19.8
Saturday 15,360 16,219 69.8 5,911 6,429 27.3
Total 306,940 188,281 78.3 64,924 60,804 19.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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