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Fiscal Year 2017 09/25/2016 to 09/30/2017

BEEF

YIELD GRADE TOTAL % OF % OF TOTAL

QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY ALL STEER AND

GRADE #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 ONLY GRADED QUALITY HEIFER

THIS PD GRADED OFFERED

PRIME 2,166 66,931 257,068 84,438 18,740 843,496 1,272,838 6.1 5.8

CHOICE 155,804 1,327,886 2,284,925 483,243 66,544 11,264,560 15,582,961 74.9 70.7

SELECT 199,569 593,750 392,964 41,527 4,551 2,693,512 3,925,873 18.9 17.8

STANDARD 11 186 296 82 11 9 596 0.0 0.0

COMMERCIAL 0 349 1,939 1,420 438 2 4,148 0.0

UTILITY 143 5,153 12,604 5,742 1,230 6 24,878 0.1

CUTTER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

CANNER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

YIELD ONLY 21,255 53,699 65,974 18,383 4,942

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS

PERIOD 378,948 2,047,954 3,015,769 634,835 96,454

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 6.1 33.2 48.8 10.3 1.6

95.0% of Federal Inspected Steer and Heifers offered represents total Steers and Heifers graded.

0.8% of Federal Inspected Cows offered represents total Cows graded.

81.4% of Federal Inspected Beef offered represents total Beef (Steers, Heifers, and Cows) graded.

94.3% of Beef Quality graded (Prime, Choice, Select, Standard) of total Steers/Heifers offered.

27.9% of Beef Yield graded (1 - 5) of Steers/Heifers offered.

 

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Fiscal Year 2017 FY TOTALS 09/25/2016 to 09/30/2017

LAMB AND MUTTON VEAL AND CALF

YIELD GRADE TOTAL % OF

QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY ALL QUALITY TOTAL %

GRADE #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 ONLY GRADED QUALITY GRADE THIS PD

THIS PD GRADED

PRIME 1,061 3.9

PRIME 92 1,097 2,193 1,606 847 0 5,834 7.8 CHOICE 26,435 96.1

CHOICE 4,410 22,429 28,782 9,607 4,005 0 69,233 92.2 GOOD 0 0.0

GOOD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 STANDARD 0 0.0

UTILITY 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 UTILITY 0 0.0

CULL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

TOTAL 27,497 100.0

YIELD ONLY 0 0 0 0 0

36.4% of Federal Veal

TOTAL YIELD and Calf offered represents

GRADED THIS total Veal and Calf graded.

PERIOD 4,502 23,528 30,975 11,213 4,852

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 6.0 31.3 41.3 14.9 6.5 TOTAL BULL/BULLOCK 0

TOTAL PORK 0

58.7% of Federal Inspected Lamb offered represents total Lambs Graded.

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 NATIONAL SUMMARY OF MEATS GRADED

 (NUMBER OF HEAD)

Fiscal Year 2017 09/25/2016 to 09/30/2017

BEEF

YIELD GRADE TOTAL % OF % OF TOTAL

QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY ALL STEER AND

GRADE #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 ONLY GRADED QUALITY HEIFER

THIS PD GRADED OFFERED

PRIME 2,522 77,922 299,284 98,304 21,817 982,015 1,481,864 6.1% 5.8

CHOICE 181,390 1,545,952 2,660,156 562,601 77,472 13,114,432 18,142,003 74.8% 70.7

SELECT 232,342 691,256 457,497 48,347 5,298 3,135,842 4,570,582 18.9% 17.8

STANDARD 13 217 345 96 13 10 694 0.0% 0.0

COMMERCIAL 0 544 3,021 2,213 682 3 6,463 0.0%

UTILITY 223 8,029 19,637 8,946 1,916 10 38,761 0.2%

CUTTER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

CANNER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

YIELD ONLY 24,745 62,517 76,808 21,402 5,753

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS

PERIOD 441,235 2,386,437 3,516,748 741,909 112,951

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 6.1% 33.1% 48.8% 10.3% 1.6%

LAMB AND MUTTON VEAL AND CALF

YIELD GRADE TOTAL % OF

QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY ALL QUALITY TOTAL %

GRADE #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 ONLY GRADED QUALITY GRADE THIS PD

THIS PD GRADED

 PRIME 7,379 3.9%

PRIME 1,342 16,086 32,158 23,545 12,425 0 85,556 7.8% CHOICE 183,796 96.1%

CHOICE 64,672 328,919 422,089 140,887 58,726 0 1,015,293 92.2% GOOD 0 0.0%

GOOD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% STANDARD 1 0.0%

UTILITY 1 33 0 0 0 0 34 0.0% UTILITY 0 0.0%

CULL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

 TOTAL 191,176

YIELD ONLY 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS

PERIOD 66,015 345,038 454,247 164,432 71,151

% OF ALL TOTAL BULL/BULLOCK 0

YIELD GRADED 6.0% 31.3% 41.3% 14.9% 6.5% TOTAL PORK 0

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 United States Department of Agriculture