Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 09.08.14
22/08/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 9, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,921 2,262 340,061 9,020 2,727 - 201
Tuesday 114,365 1,804 403,956 7,940 1,822 - 129
Wednesday 114,188 1,861 407,028 7,724 1,383 - 231
Thursday 115,334 1,930 407,224 8,167 1,831 - 223
Friday 114,290 2,273 345,535 6,445 1,849 - 102
Saturday 5,329 - 23,876 34 17 - -
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Total 573,427 10,130 1,927,680 39,330 9,629 - 886
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%Steers 53.0 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 16.6 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.9
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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 9, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 463.6 Cattle 1,325 810
Steers 875
Heifers 792
Cows 623
Bulls 902
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 278 164
Pork 410.8 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 307
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 878.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 9, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 573,427
Steers 304,129 53.0
Heifers 163,185 28.5
Dairy cows 53,307 9.3
Other cows 42,028 7.3
Bulls 10,778 1.9
Calves Total 10,130
Hogs Total 1,927,680
Barrows and gilts 1,868,137 96.9
Sows 52,420 2.7
Boars 7,123 0.4
Sheep Total 39,330
Mature sheep 2,466 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 36,864 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 9, 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 57,455 33,183 82.5 8,608 8,501 15.6
Tuesday 63,457 28,875 80.7 11,974 8,029 17.5
Wednesday 61,263 31,964 81.6 10,062 8,895 16.6
Thursday 61,731 32,602 81.8 10,153 8,704 16.3
Friday 57,338 35,912 81.6 11,504 7,275 16.4
Saturday 2,885 649 66.3 1,006 624 30.6
Total 304,129 163,185 81.5 53,307 42,028 16.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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