Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 15.12.18
01/02/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 15, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,768 2,119 475,312 9,342 2,952 - 241
Tuesday 121,318 2,755 474,972 9,622 1,878 - 178
Wednesday 120,628 2,757 475,197 8,684 1,510 - 249
Thursday 121,286 2,027 478,493 9,127 2,674 - 244
Friday 121,197 3,210 476,630 7,835 1,892 - 141
Saturday 51,090 102 228,761 804 54 - -
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Total 654,287 12,970 2,609,365 45,414 10,960 - 1,053
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%Steers 49.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 29.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 19.0 %Boars 0.3
%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, December 15, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 537.3 Cattle 1,370 823
Steers 892
Heifers 829
Cows 628
Bulls 857
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 206 118
Pork 556.5 Hogs 286 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 302
Boars 189
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,098.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 15, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 654,287
Steers 326,050 49.8
Heifers 192,959 29.5
Dairy cows 67,703 10.3
Other cows 56,887 8.7
Bulls 10,688 1.6
Calves Total 12,970
Hogs Total 2,609,365
Barrows and gilts 2,537,251 97.2
Sows 64,722 2.5
Boars 7,392 0.3
Sheep Total 45,414
Mature sheep 2,376 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 43,038 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 15, 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 61,910 33,962 80.7 10,319 10,708 17.7
Tuesday 55,349 40,705 79.2 12,520 10,774 19.2
Wednesday 59,168 36,087 79.0 12,695 10,830 19.5
Thursday 64,051 33,550 80.5 12,645 9,155 18.0
Friday 62,284 34,602 79.9 13,499 8,946 18.5
Saturday 23,288 14,053 73.1 6,025 6,474 24.5
Total 326,050 192,959 79.3 67,703 56,887 19.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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