Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 07.06.14
20/06/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 7, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,780 2,039 377,603 8,787 2,602 - 187
Tuesday 119,062 2,340 406,903 9,260 1,583 - 231
Wednesday 116,862 1,765 408,543 7,252 1,160 - 196
Thursday 116,848 1,571 412,921 9,083 2,083 - 244
Friday 117,934 2,557 319,267 6,682 1,712 - 200
Saturday 30,981 - 1,095 36 43 - -
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Total 616,467 10,272 1,926,332 41,100 9,183 - 1,058
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%Steers 53.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 92.0
%Heifers 27.5 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 8.0
%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, June 7, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 488.7 Cattle 1,306 794
Steers 850
Heifers 778
Cows 629
Bulls 901
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 280 165
Pork 414.8 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 308
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 145 73
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 908.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 7, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 616,467
Steers 332,164 53.9
Heifers 169,323 27.5
Dairy cows 48,493 7.9
Other cows 55,343 9.0
Bulls 11,144 1.8
Calves Total 10,272
Hogs Total 1,926,332
Barrows and gilts 1,867,974 97.0
Sows 52,809 2.7
Boars 5,549 0.3
Sheep Total 41,100
Mature sheep 3,271 8.0
Lambs and yearlings 37,829 92.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 7, 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 61,469 32,443 81.8 6,676 12,025 16.3
Tuesday 66,297 29,874 80.8 10,461 10,209 17.4
Wednesday 60,833 32,577 79.9 10,027 11,347 18.3
Thursday 64,761 30,897 81.9 9,303 9,576 16.2
Friday 63,117 31,488 80.2 10,809 10,337 17.9
Saturday 15,687 12,044 89.5 1,217 1,849 9.9
Total 332,164 169,323 81.3 48,493 55,343 16.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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