Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 08.02.14
21/02/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 8, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,332 2,990 422,716 8,910 2,059 - 186
Tuesday 115,543 3,282 424,812 8,454 1,711 - 191
Wednesday 115,145 2,065 388,719 6,498 965 - 136
Thursday 110,665 2,390 425,420 8,020 1,417 - 259
Friday 108,517 2,911 423,949 5,260 1,603 - 223
Saturday 1,693 1 76,409 40 35 - -
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Total 562,895 13,639 2,162,025 37,182 7,790 - 995
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.3 Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 19.4 %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 req
inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally Inspected plants
Inspected, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 8, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 452.4 Cattle 1,338 806
Steers 871
Heifers 806
Cows 623
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 262 154
Pork 460.1 Hogs 283 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 306
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 917.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 8, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 562,895
Steers 288,355 51.2
Heifers 156,030 27.7
Dairy cows 59,857 10.6
Other cows 49,436 8.8
Bulls 9,217 1.6
Calves Total 13,639
Hogs Total 2,162,025
Barrows and gilts 2,105,093 97.4
Sows 50,773 2.3
Boars 6,159 0.3
Sheep Total 37,182
Mature sheep 1,922 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 35,260 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 8, 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 54,955 32,739 78.8 9,751 11,800 19.4
Tuesday 59,002 32,356 79.1 12,350 9,946 19.3
Wednesday 60,905 30,300 79.2 12,604 9,597 19.3
Thursday 59,628 28,947 80.0 11,500 8,926 18.5
Friday 53,807 31,640 78.7 12,797 8,545 19.7
Saturday 58 48 6.3 855 622 87.2
Total 288,355 156,030 78.9 59,857 49,436 19.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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