Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 01.02.14
14/02/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 1, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 107,815 2,191 403,934 9,036 2,283 - 256
Tuesday 114,572 2,712 408,110 7,847 1,639 - 222
Wednesday 116,388 2,662 373,751 5,051 721 - 244
Thursday 117,593 2,284 377,975 8,278 1,141 - 197
Friday 113,087 3,005 413,871 6,361 1,423 - 91
Saturday 2,419 3 151,357 35 298 - -
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Total 571,874 12,857 2,128,998 36,608 7,505 - 1,010
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%Steers 49.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 18.8 %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, and are not necessarily inspected.
Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 1, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 461.2 Cattle 1,337 808
Steers 874
Heifers 808
Cows 626
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 1.9 Calves 248 146
Pork 452.5 Hogs 283 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 299
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 918.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 1, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 571,874
Steers 282,634 49.4
Heifers 172,190 30.1
Dairy cows 53,911 9.4
Other cows 53,811 9.4
Bulls 9,328 1.6
Calves Total 12,857
Hogs Total 2,128,998
Barrows and gilts 2,068,815 97.2
Sows 53,913 2.5
Boars 6,270 0.3
Sheep Total 36,608
Mature sheep 2,036 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 34,572 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 1, 2014
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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 54,450 32,807 80.9 8,361 10,444 17.4
Tuesday 55,392 35,553 79.4 9,874 11,668 18.8
Wednesday 55,656 37,386 79.9 11,064 10,537 18.6
Thursday 59,887 33,766 79.6 11,185 10,879 18.8
Friday 55,629 32,594 78.0 12,889 10,128 20.4
Saturday 1,620 84 70.4 538 155 28.6
Total 282,634 172,190 79.5 53,911 53,811 18.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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