Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 30.08.14
12/09/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 30, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,038 2,384 413,287 8,711 2,302 - 145
Tuesday 117,102 2,026 412,493 8,574 2,064 - 208
Wednesday 115,623 1,956 413,569 7,955 1,067 - 211
Thursday 116,087 1,594 410,873 8,041 2,212 - 207
Friday 114,587 2,404 332,450 6,378 2,222 - 151
Saturday 10,736 4 4,476 41 34 - -
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Total 588,173 10,368 1,987,148 39,700 9,901 - 922
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%Steers 52.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 28.7 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 16.9 %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 30, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 477.2 Cattle 1,332 813
Steers 877
Heifers 798
Cows 627
Bulls 901
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 286 170
Pork 419.3 Hogs 281 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 306
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 900.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 30, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 588,173
Steers 308,726 52.5
Heifers 168,561 28.7
Dairy cows 55,820 9.5
Other cows 43,461 7.4
Bulls 11,605 2.0
Calves Total 10,368
Hogs Total 1,987,148
Barrows and gilts 1,927,976 97.0
Sows 52,789 2.7
Boars 6,383 0.3
Sheep Total 39,700
Mature sheep 2,700 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 37,000 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 30, 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 62,456 31,965 82.8 8,366 8,786 15.0
Tuesday 61,326 34,194 81.6 11,153 8,318 16.6
Wednesday 59,791 34,654 81.7 10,804 8,558 16.7
Thursday 61,860 33,378 82.0 10,275 8,211 15.9
Friday 60,768 32,507 81.4 11,614 7,487 16.7
Saturday 2,525 1,863 40.9 3,608 2,101 53.2
Total 308,726 168,561 81.1 55,820 43,461 16.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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