Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 06.09.14
19/09/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 6, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 2,049 806 2,419 231 417 - -
Tuesday 118,306 2,495 413,300 10,751 3,015 - 202
Wednesday 117,954 2,129 414,217 8,530 1,283 - 196
Thursday 119,239 1,392 403,247 8,258 2,119 - 217
Friday 118,923 2,526 411,675 7,011 1,846 - 102
Saturday 46,299 2 132,678 51 24 - -
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Total 522,770 9,350 1,777,536 34,832 8,704 - 717
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%Steers 55.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 26.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 16.7 %Boars 0.3
%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, September 6, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 428.8 Cattle 1,344 822
Steers 889
Heifers 799
Cows 623
Bulls 905
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 284 168
Pork 377.3 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 304
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 810.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 6, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 522,770
Steers 289,800 55.4
Heifers 135,674 26.0
Dairy cows 51,269 9.8
Other cows 36,084 6.9
Bulls 9,943 1.9
Calves Total 9,350
Hogs Total 1,777,536
Barrows and gilts 1,725,660 97.1
Sows 46,271 2.6
Boars 5,605 0.3
Sheep Total 34,832
Mature sheep 2,054 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 32,778 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 6, 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 357 131 23.8 939 533 71.8
Tuesday 66,653 30,535 82.1 10,373 8,430 15.9
Wednesday 65,055 30,744 81.2 11,817 8,268 17.0
Thursday 68,908 28,752 81.9 11,237 8,113 16.2
Friday 64,159 33,006 81.7 12,499 7,196 16.6
Saturday 24,668 12,506 80.3 4,404 3,544 17.2
Total 289,800 135,674 81.4 51,269 36,084 16.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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