Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 20.09.14
03/10/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 20, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,494 2,260 402,628 8,033 2,790 - 219
Tuesday 115,007 2,029 415,331 8,932 1,802 - 260
Wednesday 112,691 1,876 408,635 7,370 976 - 191
Thursday 115,157 1,387 414,007 9,428 1,739 - 276
Friday 106,820 2,257 362,879 6,566 1,947 - 103
Saturday 9,825 - 36,169 44 34 - -
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Total 573,994 9,809 2,039,649 40,373 9,288 - 1,049
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%Steers 51.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.9
%Cows 17.9 %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, September 20, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 468.3 Cattle 1,346 818
Steers 887
Heifers 808
Cows 623
Bulls 901
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 288 171
Pork 432.7 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 307
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 905.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 20, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 573,994
Steers 296,492 51.7
Heifers 163,093 28.4
Dairy cows 56,324 9.8
Other cows 46,460 8.1
Bulls 11,625 2.0
Calves Total 9,809
Hogs Total 2,039,649
Barrows and gilts 1,977,567 97.0
Sows 55,164 2.7
Boars 6,918 0.3
Sheep Total 40,373
Mature sheep 2,795 6.9
Lambs and yearlings 37,578 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 20, 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 62,809 32,095 82.9 8,535 8,898 15.2
Tuesday 58,443 34,672 81.0 11,248 8,467 17.1
Wednesday 60,095 30,919 80.8 11,089 8,606 17.5
Thursday 58,827 34,520 81.1 10,714 8,894 17.0
Friday 55,462 30,121 80.1 11,312 7,860 17.9
Saturday 856 766 16.5 3,426 3,735 72.9
Total 296,492 163,093 80.1 56,324 46,460 17.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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