Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 27.09.14
10/10/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 27, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,121 2,033 407,364 8,874 2,669 - 153
Tuesday 114,823 1,798 420,415 8,371 1,997 - 164
Wednesday 114,268 1,474 416,848 7,814 1,451 - 232
Thursday 107,729 1,542 413,735 8,037 1,937 - 202
Friday 106,088 2,209 369,053 6,688 1,432 - 109
Saturday 16,033 1 62,865 48 31 - -
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Total 573,062 9,057 2,090,280 39,832 9,517 - 860
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%Steers 51.7 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 92.4
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 7.6
%Cows 17.4 %Boars 0.4
%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 27, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 470.6 Cattle 1,351 823
Steers 893
Heifers 810
Cows 625
Bulls 896
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 285 168
Pork 444.8 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 308
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 919.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 27, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 573,062
Steers 296,128 51.7
Heifers 165,819 28.9
Dairy cows 55,354 9.7
Other cows 44,396 7.7
Bulls 11,365 2.0
Calves Total 9,057
Hogs Total 2,090,280
Barrows and gilts 2,026,351 96.9
Sows 56,447 2.7
Boars 7,482 0.4
Sheep Total 39,832
Mature sheep 3,020 7.6
Lambs and yearlings 36,812 92.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 27, 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 59,277 34,601 82.3 8,298 9,508 15.6
Tuesday 59,291 33,277 80.6 11,596 8,416 17.4
Wednesday 56,886 35,273 80.7 11,441 8,707 17.6
Thursday 56,896 29,158 79.9 10,595 8,806 18.0
Friday 56,371 29,242 80.7 10,803 7,575 17.3
Saturday 7,407 4,268 72.8 2,621 1,384 25.0
Total 296,128 165,819 80.6 55,354 44,396 17.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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