Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 15.03.14
28/03/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 15, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 106,161 2,515 407,494 9,550 2,294 - 292
Tuesday 116,575 2,813 411,941 8,724 1,968 - 285
Wednesday 118,569 2,172 415,910 6,979 1,184 - 187
Thursday 113,857 2,200 407,265 8,635 1,357 - 275
Friday 109,433 2,705 361,745 6,207 1,642 - 95
Saturday 9,245 1 19,466 48 50 - -
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Total 573,840 12,406 2,023,821 40,143 8,495 - 1,134
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%Steers 48.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.4
%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 15, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 455.0 Cattle 1,322 795
Steers 856
Heifers 797
Cows 628
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 276 163
Pork 432.8 Hogs 285 214
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 299
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 892.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 15, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 573,840
Steers 278,419 48.5
Heifers 172,881 30.1
Dairy cows 60,825 10.6
Other cows 51,293 8.9
Bulls 10,422 1.8
Calves Total 12,406
Hogs Total 2,023,821
Barrows and gilts 1,958,698 96.8
Sows 57,410 2.8
Boars 7,713 0.4
Sheep Total 40,143
Mature sheep 2,407 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 37,736 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 15, 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 52,919 31,980 80.0 8,777 10,088 17.8
Tuesday 60,832 31,691 79.4 13,195 9,168 19.2
Wednesday 57,536 35,315 78.3 12,972 10,777 20.0
Thursday 53,733 35,837 78.7 11,925 10,315 19.5
Friday 49,422 34,984 77.1 13,081 9,854 21.0
Saturday 3,977 3,074 76.3 875 1,091 21.3
Total 278,419 172,881 78.6 60,825 51,293 19.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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