Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 5.4.14
22/04/2014
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 5, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,956 2,721 397,024 10,055 2,008 - 182
Tuesday 119,056 2,701 410,963 8,892 1,580 - 195
Wednesday 117,203 1,917 407,196 7,549 1,169 - 176
Thursday 117,576 1,972 406,656 8,867 1,576 - 255
Friday 106,238 2,511 370,033 7,323 1,797 - 110
Saturday 10,784 - 22,564 1,362 42 - -
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Total 586,813 11,822 2,014,436 44,048 8,172 - 918
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%Steers 50.7 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 28.6 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 18.7 %Boars 0.4
%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, April 5, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 464.7 Cattle 1,315 794
Steers 851
Heifers 790
Cows 631
Bulls 905
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 289 170
Pork 433.4 Hogs 286 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 304
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 3.2 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 903.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 5, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 586,813
Steers 297,656 50.7
Heifers 167,571 28.6
Dairy cows 55,968 9.5
Other cows 53,681 9.1
Bulls 11,937 2.0
Calves Total 11,822
Hogs Total 2,014,436
Barrows and gilts 1,952,637 96.9
Sows 54,166 2.7
Boars 7,633 0.4
Sheep Total 44,048
Mature sheep 2,477 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 41,571 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 5, 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 55,251 38,980 81.3 8,053 11,204 16.6
Tuesday 61,726 33,296 79.8 12,519 9,320 18.3
Wednesday 61,793 31,928 80.0 11,354 10,055 18.3
Thursday 61,284 31,999 79.3 10,895 10,979 18.6
Friday 53,690 28,883 77.7 12,219 9,407 20.4
Saturday 3,912 2,485 59.3 928 2,716 33.8
Total 297,656 167,571 79.3 55,968 53,681 18.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
(816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls711.txt
www.ams.usda.gov/lsmarketnews
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