Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 19.04.14
02/05/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 19, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,504 2,514 375,215 11,713 3,179 - 230
Tuesday 115,015 2,260 415,217 13,565 2,338 - 170
Wednesday 116,379 1,901 412,394 10,364 1,917 - 156
Thursday 110,082 1,753 418,940 11,190 2,177 - 270
Friday 99,862 2,254 380,375 7,521 1,872 - 112
Saturday 9,421 125 915 113 69 - -
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Total 565,263 10,807 2,003,056 54,466 11,552 - 938
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%Steers 52.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 7.0
%Cows 18.2 %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, April 19, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 445.4 Cattle 1,308 790
Steers 844
Heifers 782
Cows 632
Bulls 904
Calves and veal 1.9 Calves 295 175
Pork 433.1 Hogs 288 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 301
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 3.5 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 883.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 19, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 565,263
Steers 294,450 52.1
Heifers 156,792 27.7
Dairy cows 52,018 9.2
Other cows 50,722 9.0
Bulls 11,281 2.0
Calves Total 10,807
Hogs Total 2,003,056
Barrows and gilts 1,944,258 97.1
Sows 52,710 2.6
Boars 6,088 0.3
Sheep Total 54,466
Mature sheep 3,820 7.0
Lambs and yearlings 50,646 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 19, 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 59,761 33,744 81.7 8,063 10,535 16.2
Tuesday 56,986 34,074 79.2 11,183 10,400 18.8
Wednesday 61,306 31,767 80.0 10,864 10,222 18.1
Thursday 58,668 29,298 79.9 9,165 10,825 18.2
Friday 52,790 25,082 78.0 11,586 8,361 20.0
Saturday 4,939 2,827 82.4 1,157 379 16.3
Total 294,450 156,792 79.8 52,018 50,722 18.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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