Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection

             Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.          
                      Week Ending Saturday, July 19, 2014
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  Day        Cattle    Calves     Hogs      Sheep     Goats    Equine   Bison 1/
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Monday         115,857    2,536    364,564    9,626     2,682       -        222
Tuesday        115,229    2,145    397,080    8,963     2,057       -        202
Wednesday      117,322    1,835    396,542    7,835     1,496       -        228
Thursday       117,535    2,143    394,329    8,612     2,177       -        307
Friday         113,245    2,501    282,759    5,502     1,841       -        127
Saturday         4,595        3      1,433      566        59       -          -
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Total          583,783   11,163  1,836,707   41,104    10,312       -      1,086
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%Steers        53.3    %Barrows & gilts      96.7    %Lambs & yearlings  93.2
%Heifers       27.1    %Sows                  2.9    %Mature sheep        6.8
%Cows          17.5    %Boars                 0.4                              
%Bulls          2.1                                                            
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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, July 19, 2014
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   Production                     Species and class  Live weight  Dressed Weight
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                    million pounds                        pounds         pounds 
                                                                                
Beef                    469.0      Cattle                 1,321           805   
                                   Steers                                 869   
                                   Heifers                                789   
                                   Cows                                   623   
                                   Bulls                                  905   
                                                                                
Calves and veal           1.8      Calves                   272           161   
                                                                                
Pork                    391.7      Hogs                     284           213   
                                   Barrows and gilts                      211   
                                   Sows                                   308   
                                   Boars                                  210   
                                                                                
Lamb and mutton           2.8      Sheep                    134            67   
                                   Mature sheep                            70   
                                   Lambs and yearlings                     67   
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Total meat                                                                      
   production           865.3                                                   
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  Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
               Week Ending  Saturday, July 19, 2014
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                                      Number of        Percent    
              Species                   head          of total    
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Cattle                       Total      583,783                   
                            Steers      310,930         53.3      
                           Heifers      158,413         27.1      
                        Dairy cows       53,063          9.1      
                        Other cows       49,286          8.4      
                             Bulls       12,091          2.1      
                                                                  
Calves                       Total       11,163                   
                                                                  
Hogs                         Total    1,836,707                   
                 Barrows and gilts    1,776,960         96.7      
                              Sows       53,085          2.9      
                             Boars        6,662          0.4      
                                                                  
Sheep                        Total       41,104                   
                      Mature sheep        2,784          6.8      
               Lambs and yearlings       38,320         93.2      
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               Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.          
                        Week Ending  Saturday, July 19, 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         59,714   34,093        81.0         8,671  10,761       16.8     
Tuesday        61,851   30,086        79.8        10,982   9,928       18.1     
Wednesday      61,088   32,622        79.9        11,123  10,119       18.1     
Thursday       65,838   28,993        80.7        10,591   9,670       17.2     
Friday         60,612   31,725        81.5        11,018   7,776       16.6     
Saturday        1,827      894        59.2           678   1,032       37.2     
                                                                                
Total         310,930  158,413        80.4        53,063  49,286       17.5     
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Source:  USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO

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