Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 22.02.14
07/03/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 22, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 86,555 2,942 411,293 7,666 1,188 - 183
Tuesday 115,912 2,907 413,916 8,922 1,958 - 164
Wednesday 115,280 2,192 431,395 6,970 1,387 - 210
Thursday 117,343 2,148 415,521 8,309 1,570 - 194
Friday 100,429 2,939 376,147 5,963 1,713 - 102
Saturday 1,954 1 63,007 1,329 26 - -
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Total 537,473 13,129 2,111,279 39,159 7,842 - 853
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%Steers 47.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 30.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 20.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 22, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 428.6 Cattle 1,333 799
Steers 866
Heifers 805
Cows 625
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 277 163
Pork 450.1 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 302
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 883.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 22, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 537,473
Steers 253,726 47.2
Heifers 165,428 30.8
Dairy cows 58,407 10.9
Other cows 50,208 9.3
Bulls 9,704 1.8
Calves Total 13,129
Hogs Total 2,111,279
Barrows and gilts 2,047,957 97.0
Sows 56,638 2.7
Boars 6,684 0.3
Sheep Total 39,159
Mature sheep 2,454 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 36,705 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 22, 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 40,319 28,383 79.4 7,684 8,404 18.6
Tuesday 56,108 36,062 79.5 11,379 10,512 18.9
Wednesday 55,135 34,817 78.0 12,841 10,619 20.4
Thursday 53,924 38,767 79.0 11,784 10,763 19.2
Friday 48,169 26,946 74.8 13,580 9,747 23.2
Saturday 71 453 26.8 1,139 163 66.6
Total 253,726 165,428 78.0 58,407 50,208 20.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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