Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 26.07.14
08/08/2014
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 26, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,296 2,480 372,063 9,581 3,100 - 211
Tuesday 114,294 2,114 395,774 9,386 2,529 - 239
Wednesday 114,489 2,103 396,387 8,312 1,527 - 261
Thursday 114,900 1,621 393,947 9,139 2,334 - 216
Friday 107,063 2,360 303,865 7,071 2,234 - 99
Saturday 6,483 1 1,376 440 433 - -
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Total 571,525 10,679 1,863,412 43,929 12,157 - 1,026
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%Steers 55.1 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 92.0
%Heifers 26.0 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 8.0
%Cows 16.8 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 2.0
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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 26, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 460.6 Cattle 1,325 808
Steers 870
Heifers 786
Cows 622
Bulls 912
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 279 164
Pork 396.6 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 309
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 861.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 26, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 571,525
Steers 314,901 55.1
Heifers 148,808 26.0
Dairy cows 52,635 9.2
Other cows 43,479 7.6
Bulls 11,702 2.0
Calves Total 10,679
Hogs Total 1,863,412
Barrows and gilts 1,805,717 96.9
Sows 50,454 2.7
Boars 7,241 0.4
Sheep Total 43,929
Mature sheep 3,496 8.0
Lambs and yearlings 40,433 92.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 26, 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 62,700 32,393 83.2 8,122 8,709 14.7
Tuesday 61,342 31,350 81.1 10,642 8,571 16.8
Wednesday 62,429 30,101 80.8 10,344 9,331 17.2
Thursday 64,222 28,943 81.1 10,297 9,079 16.9
Friday 61,901 24,568 80.8 11,573 7,000 17.3
Saturday 2,307 1,453 58.0 1,657 789 37.7
Total 314,901 148,808 81.1 52,635 43,479 16.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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