Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 02.08.14
15/08/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 2, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 107,820 2,434 393,451 8,819 1,710 - 157
Tuesday 114,373 2,088 405,709 10,119 2,054 - 207
Wednesday 114,913 1,746 405,781 7,109 1,470 - 178
Thursday 114,303 1,537 399,362 8,881 1,652 - 226
Friday 115,165 1,998 261,038 5,822 1,742 - 140
Saturday 7,933 284 4,555 34 25 - -
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Total 574,507 10,087 1,869,896 40,784 8,653 - 908
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%Steers 54.7 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 92.3
%Heifers 27.1 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 7.7
%Cows 16.1 %Boars 0.3
%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, August 2, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 466.0 Cattle 1,329 813
Steers 874
Heifers 794
Cows 623
Bulls 911
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 277 164
Pork 398.3 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 308
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 140 70
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 868.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 2, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 574,507
Steers 314,454 54.7
Heifers 155,673 27.1
Dairy cows 50,222 8.7
Other cows 42,510 7.4
Bulls 11,648 2.0
Calves Total 10,087
Hogs Total 1,869,896
Barrows and gilts 1,812,158 96.9
Sows 51,487 2.8
Boars 6,251 0.3
Sheep Total 40,784
Mature sheep 3,137 7.7
Lambs and yearlings 37,647 92.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 2, 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 57,848 31,701 83.1 7,113 8,697 14.7
Tuesday 60,192 32,036 80.6 11,144 8,676 17.3
Wednesday 65,174 28,905 81.9 10,660 8,156 16.4
Thursday 65,273 28,476 82.0 9,333 8,828 15.9
Friday 63,215 31,056 81.9 10,729 7,853 16.1
Saturday 2,752 3,499 78.8 1,243 300 19.5
Total 314,454 155,673 81.8 50,222 42,510 16.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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