Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 18.10.14
31/10/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 18, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,207 2,088 424,767 6,478 960 - 165
Tuesday 115,582 2,076 428,604 9,007 2,608 - 152
Wednesday 108,522 1,842 428,650 7,640 1,525 - 186
Thursday 108,996 1,647 429,114 8,727 1,625 - 207
Friday 102,922 1,597 408,440 6,929 1,604 - 93
Saturday 17,800 1 64,384 64 125 - 42
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Total 564,029 9,251 2,183,959 38,845 8,447 - 845
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%Steers 50.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 18.0 %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, October 18, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 464.4 Cattle 1,357 825
Steers 898
Heifers 818
Cows 627
Bulls 897
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 307 182
Pork 467.1 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 307
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 133 66
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 935.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 18, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 564,029
Steers 281,899 50.0
Heifers 169,604 30.1
Dairy cows 55,654 9.9
Other cows 45,828 8.1
Bulls 11,044 2.0
Calves Total 9,251
Hogs Total 2,183,959
Barrows and gilts 2,122,038 97.2
Sows 54,829 2.5
Boars 7,092 0.3
Sheep Total 38,845
Mature sheep 2,382 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 36,463 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 18, 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 55,385 35,151 82.2 8,820 8,712 15.9
Tuesday 55,620 37,693 80.7 11,662 8,598 17.5
Wednesday 55,198 32,410 80.7 10,772 8,230 17.5
Thursday 58,822 28,432 80.1 10,425 9,003 17.8
Friday 51,463 30,536 79.7 11,082 7,744 18.3
Saturday 5,411 5,382 60.6 2,893 3,541 36.1
Total 281,899 169,604 80.0 55,654 45,828 18.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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