Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 31.05.14
13/06/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 31, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 3,670 755 2,573 301 342 - -
Tuesday 121,048 2,413 418,916 11,246 2,634 - 167
Wednesday 120,432 2,068 417,211 9,576 1,706 - 273
Thursday 118,962 1,925 418,823 9,416 2,018 - 215
Friday 120,245 2,726 411,860 7,368 1,781 - 128
Saturday 55,475 - 73,834 58 43 - -
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Total 539,832 9,887 1,743,217 37,965 8,524 - 783
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%Steers 56.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 25.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.9
%Cows 16.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 31, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 426.3 Cattle 1,301 791
Steers 844
Heifers 773
Cows 628
Bulls 900
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 281 166
Pork 376.5 Hogs 287 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 309
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 147 74
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 807.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 31, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 539,832
Steers 303,944 56.3
Heifers 136,844 25.3
Dairy cows 42,920 8.0
Other cows 46,931 8.7
Bulls 9,193 1.7
Calves Total 9,887
Hogs Total 1,743,217
Barrows and gilts 1,692,597 97.1
Sows 45,706 2.6
Boars 4,914 0.3
Sheep Total 37,965
Mature sheep 2,604 6.9
Lambs and yearlings 35,361 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 31, 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 1,135 710 50.3 907 743 45.0
Tuesday 69,396 28,118 80.6 9,065 12,052 17.4
Wednesday 69,423 27,459 80.4 10,508 11,003 17.9
Thursday 64,753 30,341 79.9 10,397 11,317 18.3
Friday 66,074 30,819 80.6 11,075 10,052 17.6
Saturday 33,163 19,397 94.7 968 1,764 4.9
Total 303,944 136,844 81.7 42,920 46,931 16.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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