Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 28.06.14
11/07/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 28, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,229 2,196 376,740 9,302 3,028 - 182
Tuesday 114,707 2,354 400,487 9,911 2,410 - 253
Wednesday 117,383 1,750 394,631 7,943 1,753 - 278
Thursday 115,385 1,772 399,347 9,439 2,536 - 270
Friday 117,421 2,427 319,063 6,368 2,232 - 211
Saturday 33,980 2 19,241 238 354 - 35
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Total 614,105 10,501 1,909,509 43,201 12,313 - 1,229
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%Steers 55.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 15.0 %Boars 0.4
%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 28, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 490.9 Cattle 1,312 801
Steers 857
Heifers 775
Cows 628
Bulls 902
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 271 160
Pork 407.5 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 312
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 903.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 28, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 614,105
Steers 339,210 55.2
Heifers 171,924 28.0
Dairy cows 47,688 7.8
Other cows 44,478 7.2
Bulls 10,805 1.8
Calves Total 10,501
Hogs Total 1,909,509
Barrows and gilts 1,851,864 97.0
Sows 50,278 2.6
Boars 7,367 0.4
Sheep Total 43,201
Mature sheep 2,857 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 40,344 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 28, 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 60,127 35,894 83.3 6,493 10,474 14.7
Tuesday 63,076 32,092 83.0 10,259 7,234 15.3
Wednesday 63,149 32,965 81.9 9,732 9,545 16.4
Thursday 64,157 31,320 82.7 9,338 8,367 15.3
Friday 65,092 30,988 81.8 11,084 8,146 16.4
Saturday 23,609 8,665 95.0 782 712 4.4
Total 339,210 171,924 83.2 47,688 44,478 15.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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