Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 21.06.14
04/07/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 21, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,076 2,349 377,618 9,211 2,572 - 190
Tuesday 115,610 2,221 378,892 9,128 1,870 - 251
Wednesday 116,399 1,938 367,141 6,772 1,471 - 194
Thursday 117,422 1,681 369,703 9,104 1,874 - 243
Friday 116,823 2,544 353,085 7,030 2,280 - 140
Saturday 34,286 - 39,855 64 31 - -
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Total 613,616 10,733 1,886,294 41,309 10,098 - 1,018
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%Steers 55.0 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 27.3 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 15.9 %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, June 21, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 489.6 Cattle 1,313 800
Steers 856
Heifers 778
Cows 627
Bulls 908
Calves and veal 1.8 Calves 293 173
Pork 404.3 Hogs 285 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 308
Boars 212
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 898.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 21, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 613,616
Steers 337,507 55.0
Heifers 167,793 27.3
Dairy cows 48,674 7.9
Other cows 48,715 7.9
Bulls 10,927 1.8
Calves Total 10,733
Hogs Total 1,886,294
Barrows and gilts 1,828,611 96.9
Sows 51,640 2.7
Boars 6,043 0.3
Sheep Total 41,309
Mature sheep 2,636 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 38,673 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 21, 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 60,529 32,743 82.5 7,032 10,739 15.7
Tuesday 63,025 31,079 81.4 10,109 9,220 16.7
Wednesday 64,448 29,650 80.8 10,285 9,907 17.3
Thursday 65,584 30,539 81.9 9,599 9,601 16.4
Friday 62,649 31,639 80.7 11,066 9,008 17.2
Saturday 21,272 12,143 97.5 583 240 2.4
Total 337,507 167,793 82.3 48,674 48,715 15.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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