Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 01.03.14
14/03/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 1, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 98,025 2,787 425,795 8,953 2,125 - 194
Tuesday 116,527 2,676 414,190 9,129 1,680 - 213
Wednesday 114,140 2,070 424,135 6,985 886 - 175
Thursday 118,684 1,762 420,686 8,257 1,580 - 252
Friday 113,394 2,624 404,332 6,625 1,581 - 181
Saturday 8,864 495 52,827 108 89 - -
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Total 569,634 12,414 2,141,965 40,057 7,941 - 1,015
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%Steers 49.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 20.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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, March 1, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 453.7 Cattle 1,329 798
Steers 863
Heifers 802
Cows 629
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 269 159
Pork 456.7 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 303
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 915.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 1, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 569,634
Steers 279,345 49.0
Heifers 162,433 28.5
Dairy cows 61,168 10.7
Other cows 55,720 9.8
Bulls 10,968 1.9
Calves Total 12,414
Hogs Total 2,141,965
Barrows and gilts 2,081,005 97.2
Sows 53,600 2.5
Boars 7,360 0.3
Sheep Total 40,057
Mature sheep 2,149 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 37,908 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 46,044 29,240 76.8 9,065 11,524 21.0
Tuesday 55,656 34,300 77.2 13,019 11,284 20.9
Wednesday 54,962 33,408 77.4 13,055 10,634 20.8
Thursday 61,698 31,691 78.7 12,020 11,180 19.5
Friday 57,733 30,700 78.0 12,753 9,960 20.0
Saturday 3,252 3,094 71.6 1,256 1,138 27.0
Total 279,345 162,433 77.6 61,168 55,720 20.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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