Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 17.05.14
30/05/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 17, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,288 2,255 390,807 8,845 2,248 - 237
Tuesday 119,719 2,090 415,295 9,728 1,907 - 334
Wednesday 119,822 2,063 408,351 7,689 1,066 - 240
Thursday 117,610 1,783 413,000 8,443 1,625 - 271
Friday 112,510 2,173 345,601 6,616 1,814 - 108
Saturday 10,842 - 24,570 36 32 - -
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Total 595,791 10,364 1,997,624 41,357 8,692 - 1,190
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%Steers 54.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 91.2
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 8.8
%Cows 17.1 %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 17, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 468.7 Cattle 1,299 788
Steers 840
Heifers 774
Cows 632
Bulls 910
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 286 169
Pork 431.3 Hogs 287 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 305
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 146 73
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 904.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 17, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 595,791
Steers 323,824 54.4
Heifers 159,384 26.8
Dairy cows 47,921 8.0
Other cows 54,019 9.1
Bulls 10,643 1.8
Calves Total 10,364
Hogs Total 1,997,624
Barrows and gilts 1,938,693 97.0
Sows 52,758 2.6
Boars 6,173 0.3
Sheep Total 41,357
Mature sheep 3,620 8.8
Lambs and yearlings 37,737 91.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 17, 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 60,072 34,423 82.0 7,298 11,372 16.2
Tuesday 63,718 33,038 80.8 10,351 10,556 17.5
Wednesday 67,702 29,291 80.9 9,990 10,994 17.5
Thursday 65,623 30,655 81.9 9,097 10,039 16.3
Friday 60,791 30,443 81.1 10,184 8,917 17.0
Saturday 5,918 1,534 68.7 1,001 2,141 29.0
Total 323,824 159,384 81.1 47,921 54,019 17.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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