Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 22.03.14
04/04/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 22, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,042 2,938 387,547 9,363 2,291 - 183
Tuesday 118,487 2,999 415,607 9,112 1,906 - 285
Wednesday 117,661 2,126 412,713 7,234 1,200 - 174
Thursday 112,124 2,200 412,953 8,582 1,880 - 308
Friday 110,737 2,846 357,757 6,937 1,379 - 268
Saturday 3,679 - 50,193 1,679 16 - -
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Total 578,730 13,109 2,036,770 42,907 8,672 - 1,218
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%Steers 51.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 27.1 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.9
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 2.0
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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 22, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 458.8 Cattle 1,320 795
Steers 856
Heifers 791
Cows 625
Bulls 901
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 273 161
Pork 435.9 Hogs 285 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 301
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 899.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 22, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 578,730
Steers 297,684 51.4
Heifers 156,572 27.1
Dairy cows 58,252 10.1
Other cows 54,641 9.4
Bulls 11,581 2.0
Calves Total 13,109
Hogs Total 2,036,770
Barrows and gilts 1,979,566 97.2
Sows 50,505 2.5
Boars 6,699 0.3
Sheep Total 42,907
Mature sheep 2,119 4.9
Lambs and yearlings 40,788 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 59,020 34,530 80.6 8,782 11,453 17.4
Tuesday 62,902 30,980 79.2 12,234 10,158 18.9
Wednesday 62,309 30,835 79.2 12,211 10,283 19.1
Thursday 58,021 28,858 77.5 11,246 11,523 20.3
Friday 54,168 31,191 77.1 12,912 10,054 20.7
Saturday 1,264 178 39.2 867 1,170 55.4
Total 297,684 156,572 78.5 58,252 54,641 19.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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