Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 08.03.14
21/03/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 8, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,720 2,438 394,592 8,910 2,243 - 236
Tuesday 113,059 2,978 404,281 8,486 1,681 - 213
Wednesday 105,821 2,389 419,128 6,620 985 - 225
Thursday 109,522 1,965 417,460 9,024 1,920 - 231
Friday 101,830 2,903 413,760 6,782 1,544 - 162
Saturday 4,252 - 22,649 43 23 - -
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Total 547,204 12,673 2,071,870 39,865 8,396 - 1,067
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%Steers 50.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 19.5 %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, March 8, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 436.2 Cattle 1,329 799
Steers 858
Heifers 803
Cows 630
Bulls 886
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 274 162
Pork 442.6 Hogs 285 214
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 300
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 883.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 8, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 547,204
Steers 276,720 50.6
Heifers 154,249 28.2
Dairy cows 59,633 10.9
Other cows 47,000 8.6
Bulls 9,602 1.8
Calves Total 12,673
Hogs Total 2,071,870
Barrows and gilts 2,011,057 97.1
Sows 54,928 2.7
Boars 5,885 0.3
Sheep Total 39,865
Mature sheep 2,182 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 37,683 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 59,858 31,008 80.6 8,463 11,218 17.5
Tuesday 56,684 32,358 78.8 13,219 8,998 19.7
Wednesday 49,834 33,952 79.2 11,719 8,501 19.1
Thursday 58,382 27,459 78.4 12,107 9,652 19.9
Friday 49,834 28,536 77.0 13,305 8,340 21.3
Saturday 2,128 936 72.1 820 291 26.1
Total 276,720 154,249 78.8 59,633 47,000 19.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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