Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 24.11.18
07/12/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 24, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,096 1,821 477,675 10,639 3,800 - 193
Tuesday 121,635 3,024 477,942 10,389 2,670 - 238
Wednesday 120,859 3,460 475,685 6,248 2,187 - 351
Thursday 2,320 455 1,289 138 185 - 49
Friday 115,348 2,179 457,946 6,438 2,050 - 113
Saturday 91,310 579 354,096 19 36 - 50
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Total 571,568 11,518 2,244,633 33,871 10,928 - 994
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%Steers 49.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 1.8 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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, November 24, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 475.2 Cattle 1,375 833
Steers 902
Heifers 836
Cows 632
Bulls 869
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 200 115
Pork 476.8 Hogs 285 212
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 300
Boars 186
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 955.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 24, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 571,568
Steers 284,459 49.8
Heifers 178,068 31.2
Dairy cows 50,936 8.9
Other cows 50,295 8.8
Bulls 7,810 1.4
Calves Total 11,518
Hogs Total 2,244,633
Barrows and gilts 2,196,866 97.9
Sows 41,481 1.8
Boars 6,286 0.3
Sheep Total 33,871
Mature sheep 1,996 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 31,875 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 24, 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 60,647 36,119 80.6 9,675 11,667 17.8
Tuesday 59,558 36,365 78.9 12,152 11,766 19.7
Wednesday 59,405 36,085 79.0 12,810 10,867 19.6
Thursday 952 1,312 97.6 30 25 2.4
Friday 58,108 36,386 81.9 10,609 8,917 16.9
Saturday 45,789 31,801 85.0 5,660 7,053 13.9
Total 284,459 178,068 80.9 50,936 50,295 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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