Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 03.05.14
16/05/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 3, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,636 2,633 344,398 9,273 1,900 - 181
Tuesday 120,882 2,142 414,725 7,976 1,867 - 228
Wednesday 118,739 2,163 408,107 7,968 1,129 - 146
Thursday 120,501 1,558 414,685 8,055 1,595 - 224
Friday 119,112 2,253 410,879 5,669 1,583 - 108
Saturday 16,633 - 22,552 42 21 - -
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Total 609,503 10,749 2,015,346 38,983 8,095 - 887
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%Steers 53.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.5
%Cows 16.8 %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, May 3, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 479.0 Cattle 1,298 787
Steers 840
Heifers 774
Cows 630
Bulls 904
Calves and veal 1.8 Calves 286 169
Pork 436.9 Hogs 288 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 301
Boars 213
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 148 74
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 920.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 3, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 609,503
Steers 322,818 53.0
Heifers 173,584 28.5
Dairy cows 48,626 8.0
Other cows 53,597 8.8
Bulls 10,878 1.8
Calves Total 10,749
Hogs Total 2,015,346
Barrows and gilts 1,955,601 97.0
Sows 53,240 2.6
Boars 6,505 0.3
Sheep Total 38,983
Mature sheep 2,553 6.5
Lambs and yearlings 36,430 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 3, 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 56,012 37,481 82.3 6,366 11,520 15.7
Tuesday 63,774 33,974 80.9 10,806 10,200 17.4
Wednesday 63,338 32,632 80.8 9,931 10,854 17.5
Thursday 66,041 31,497 80.9 10,186 10,641 17.3
Friday 65,024 31,120 80.7 10,664 10,068 17.4
Saturday 8,629 6,880 93.2 673 314 5.9
Total 322,818 173,584 81.4 48,626 53,597 16.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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