Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 01.11.14
14/11/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 1, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,139 2,096 425,328 8,977 2,201 - 90
Tuesday 114,523 1,958 430,374 9,171 2,130 - 191
Wednesday 103,870 1,621 425,032 8,007 1,160 - 290
Thursday 109,456 1,991 431,591 8,352 1,689 - 275
Friday 99,628 1,887 408,993 6,106 1,345 - 110
Saturday 15,433 3 73,105 45 27 - -
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Total 554,049 9,556 2,194,423 40,658 8,552 - 956
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%Steers 50.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 92.3
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 7.7
%Cows 19.6 %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, November 1, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 457.6 Cattle 1,366 828
Steers 902
Heifers 829
Cows 628
Bulls 887
Calves and veal 1.8 Calves 312 185
Pork 471.7 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 305
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 135 67
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 933.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 1, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 554,049
Steers 277,965 50.2
Heifers 156,306 28.2
Dairy cows 54,673 9.9
Other cows 53,782 9.7
Bulls 11,323 2.0
Calves Total 9,556
Hogs Total 2,194,423
Barrows and gilts 2,128,587 97.0
Sows 58,922 2.7
Boars 6,914 0.3
Sheep Total 40,658
Mature sheep 3,139 7.7
Lambs and yearlings 37,519 92.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 1, 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 54,361 36,908 82.1 8,015 9,821 16.0
Tuesday 59,676 31,846 79.9 11,196 9,725 18.3
Wednesday 54,916 26,919 78.8 10,797 9,295 19.3
Thursday 58,195 29,968 80.5 9,782 9,442 17.6
Friday 48,627 29,414 78.3 10,844 8,939 19.9
Saturday 2,190 1,251 22.3 4,039 6,560 68.7
Total 277,965 156,306 78.4 54,673 53,782 19.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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