Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 29.12.18
08/02/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 29, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 17,864 1,544 86,267 5,134 3,201 - 48
Tuesday - - - - - - -
Wednesday 116,253 1,813 469,624 9,551 2,464 - 147
Thursday 100,997 3,474 441,366 9,559 2,596 - 267
Friday 115,672 3,204 466,587 8,292 2,644 - 90
Saturday 90,850 128 437,705 1,924 866 - 37
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Total 441,636 10,163 1,901,549 34,460 11,771 - 589
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%Steers 49.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 20.4 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.1
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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 29, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 364.0 Cattle 1,373 826
Steers 896
Heifers 832
Cows 644
Bulls 873
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 215 124
Pork 407.9 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 297
Boars 178
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 775.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 29, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 441,636
Steers 218,218 49.4
Heifers 128,171 29.0
Dairy cows 46,355 10.5
Other cows 43,816 9.9
Bulls 5,076 1.1
Calves Total 10,163
Hogs Total 1,901,549
Barrows and gilts 1,855,720 97.6
Sows 41,445 2.2
Boars 4,384 0.2
Sheep Total 34,460
Mature sheep 2,012 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 32,448 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 29, 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 8,594 4,014 70.6 3,502 1,530 28.2
Tuesday - - - - - -
Wednesday 59,895 33,268 80.1 9,525 12,019 18.5
Thursday 49,857 27,458 76.6 11,757 10,801 22.3
Friday 57,179 34,148 79.0 13,352 9,736 20.0
Saturday 42,693 29,283 79.2 8,219 9,730 19.8
Total 218,218 128,171 78.4 46,355 43,816 20.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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