Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 26.04.14
09/05/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 26, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 102,745 2,089 274,379 8,908 2,043 - 211
Tuesday 116,286 2,289 408,878 8,503 1,736 - 203
Wednesday 116,576 2,216 417,110 7,249 1,094 - 209
Thursday 117,156 2,071 417,404 8,562 1,600 - 264
Friday 118,202 2,085 411,459 5,407 1,702 - 132
Saturday 18,677 1 61,578 37 29 - -
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Total 589,642 10,751 1,990,808 38,666 8,204 - 1,019
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%Steers 53.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 92.4
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 7.6
%Cows 16.9 %Boars 0.3
%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, April 26, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 465.9 Cattle 1,307 792
Steers 841
Heifers 785
Cows 636
Bulls 909
Calves and veal 1.9 Calves 298 176
Pork 431.6 Hogs 288 217
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 306
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 147 74
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 902.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 26, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 589,642
Steers 312,239 53.0
Heifers 167,392 28.4
Dairy cows 48,885 8.3
Other cows 50,575 8.6
Bulls 10,551 1.8
Calves Total 10,751
Hogs Total 1,990,808
Barrows and gilts 1,930,727 97.0
Sows 53,592 2.7
Boars 6,489 0.3
Sheep Total 38,666
Mature sheep 2,941 7.6
Lambs and yearlings 35,725 92.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 26, 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 52,303 30,623 80.7 6,883 10,689 17.1
Tuesday 62,702 32,773 82.1 10,561 8,369 16.3
Wednesday 57,755 37,223 81.5 10,242 9,530 17.0
Thursday 63,716 30,988 80.8 9,675 10,708 17.4
Friday 64,520 30,475 80.4 10,941 9,876 17.6
Saturday 11,243 5,310 88.6 583 1,403 10.6
Total 312,239 167,392 81.3 48,885 50,575 16.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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