Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 01.12.18
14/12/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 1, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,318 1,819 444,336 9,109 2,846 - 128
Tuesday 120,445 2,905 471,497 9,015 1,997 - 182
Wednesday 121,533 3,087 478,719 8,171 1,194 - 153
Thursday 121,063 2,655 471,768 8,366 1,977 - 249
Friday 121,597 2,921 472,833 7,522 1,607 - 181
Saturday 42,059 1,090 190,833 42 43 - -
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Total 641,015 14,477 2,529,986 42,225 9,664 - 893
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%Steers 50.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 19.0 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.3
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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, December 1, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 531.7 Cattle 1,376 831
Steers 899
Heifers 838
Cows 636
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 199 114
Pork 541.1 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 302
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 1,077.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 1, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 641,015
Steers 322,460 50.3
Heifers 188,268 29.4
Dairy cows 63,763 9.9
Other cows 58,103 9.1
Bulls 8,421 1.3
Calves Total 14,477
Hogs Total 2,529,986
Barrows and gilts 2,459,815 97.2
Sows 64,055 2.5
Boars 6,116 0.2
Sheep Total 42,225
Mature sheep 2,042 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 40,183 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 1, 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 61,163 33,373 82.7 7,997 10,664 16.3
Tuesday 59,839 35,551 79.2 12,268 11,365 19.6
Wednesday 61,894 34,346 79.2 12,716 11,073 19.6
Thursday 66,187 30,578 79.9 11,967 10,483 18.5
Friday 56,186 41,088 80.0 13,527 9,228 18.7
Saturday 17,191 13,332 72.6 5,288 5,290 25.2
Total 322,460 188,268 79.7 63,763 58,103 19.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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