Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 13.09.14
26/09/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 13, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,920 2,286 399,941 8,853 2,515 - 193
Tuesday 115,699 1,829 403,625 8,212 1,902 - 278
Wednesday 115,282 1,967 411,770 6,952 981 - 283
Thursday 116,020 1,663 410,754 8,750 2,275 - 166
Friday 112,035 2,420 401,702 6,070 1,816 - 180
Saturday 16,589 7 22,508 93 61 - -
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Total 588,545 10,172 2,050,300 38,930 9,550 - 1,100
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%Steers 52.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 92.4
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 7.6
%Cows 16.8 %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 13, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 482.3 Cattle 1,343 821
Steers 889
Heifers 804
Cows 628
Bulls 905
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 287 169
Pork 434.9 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 308
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 921.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 13, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 588,545
Steers 309,098 52.5
Heifers 169,640 28.8
Dairy cows 55,015 9.3
Other cows 43,572 7.4
Bulls 11,220 1.9
Calves Total 10,172
Hogs Total 2,050,300
Barrows and gilts 1,987,957 97.0
Sows 56,039 2.7
Boars 6,304 0.3
Sheep Total 38,930
Mature sheep 2,941 7.6
Lambs and yearlings 35,989 92.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 13, 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 58,497 35,078 82.9 8,239 8,785 15.1
Tuesday 60,280 33,983 81.5 11,529 8,003 16.9
Wednesday 60,719 33,246 81.5 11,277 8,064 16.8
Thursday 59,436 35,365 81.7 9,997 8,799 16.2
Friday 62,610 29,387 82.1 10,577 7,360 16.0
Saturday 7,556 2,581 61.1 3,396 2,561 35.9
Total 309,098 169,640 81.3 55,015 43,572 16.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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