Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 12.04.14
25/04/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 12, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,605 2,212 402,326 10,831 2,824 - 183
Tuesday 119,177 2,500 415,985 10,110 2,168 - 150
Wednesday 116,967 2,166 406,138 8,512 1,531 - 279
Thursday 111,955 1,100 402,522 8,950 1,991 - 187
Friday 103,347 2,527 365,752 10,257 1,929 - 161
Saturday 10,373 - 22,358 2,943 297 - -
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Total 575,424 10,505 2,015,081 51,603 10,740 - 960
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%Steers 52.0 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 18.4 %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 12, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 455.6 Cattle 1,314 793
Steers 850
Heifers 785
Cows 632
Bulls 907
Calves and veal 1.8 Calves 289 171
Pork 434.1 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 302
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 3.6 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 895.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 12, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 575,424
Steers 299,048 52.0
Heifers 158,665 27.6
Dairy cows 53,958 9.4
Other cows 52,000 9.0
Bulls 11,753 2.0
Calves Total 10,505
Hogs Total 2,015,081
Barrows and gilts 1,953,283 96.9
Sows 54,564 2.7
Boars 7,234 0.4
Sheep Total 51,603
Mature sheep 2,738 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 48,865 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 12, 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 59,399 33,064 81.4 8,550 10,439 16.7
Tuesday 60,443 34,300 79.5 11,292 10,878 18.6
Wednesday 60,585 33,439 80.4 10,635 10,052 17.7
Thursday 60,064 29,254 79.8 10,143 10,141 18.1
Friday 52,617 28,056 78.1 11,908 8,550 19.8
Saturday 5,940 552 62.6 1,430 1,940 32.5
Total 299,048 158,665 79.5 53,958 52,000 18.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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