Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 04.10.14
17/10/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 4, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,501 1,966 372,805 9,414 3,121 - 201
Tuesday 115,557 1,793 423,878 9,130 2,443 - 163
Wednesday 113,870 1,889 419,482 8,473 1,583 - 250
Thursday 112,201 1,308 422,534 9,092 1,884 - 267
Friday 107,322 1,948 406,305 6,854 1,046 - 112
Saturday 12,140 2 38,526 2,683 1,258 - -
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Total 576,591 8,906 2,083,530 45,646 11,335 - 993
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%Steers 51.8 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 92.2
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 7.8
%Cows 17.2 %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, October 4, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 475.3 Cattle 1,353 826
Steers 896
Heifers 814
Cows 626
Bulls 891
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 283 168
Pork 443.7 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 309
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 923.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 4, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 576,591
Steers 298,670 51.8
Heifers 167,732 29.1
Dairy cows 53,860 9.3
Other cows 45,473 7.9
Bulls 10,856 1.9
Calves Total 8,906
Hogs Total 2,083,530
Barrows and gilts 2,019,212 96.9
Sows 57,399 2.8
Boars 6,919 0.3
Sheep Total 45,646
Mature sheep 3,560 7.8
Lambs and yearlings 42,086 92.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 4, 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 60,725 34,155 82.1 8,620 9,646 15.8
Tuesday 60,439 33,294 81.1 11,106 8,699 17.1
Wednesday 57,823 34,427 81.0 11,246 8,490 17.3
Thursday 59,544 31,366 81.0 9,905 9,167 17.0
Friday 54,692 32,529 81.3 10,978 7,041 16.8
Saturday 5,447 1,961 61.0 2,005 2,430 36.5
Total 298,670 167,732 80.9 53,860 45,473 17.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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