Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 15.11.14
28/11/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 15, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 108,347 2,104 424,848 9,158 2,993 - 193
Tuesday 106,141 1,622 386,263 7,261 586 - 242
Wednesday 108,281 1,846 430,178 9,425 1,692 - 202
Thursday 113,175 1,567 431,365 8,362 2,086 - 349
Friday 109,264 2,096 413,260 6,063 1,658 - 171
Saturday 18,756 6 136,535 40 30 - -
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Total 563,964 9,241 2,222,449 40,309 9,045 - 1,157
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%Steers 49.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 29.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 19.7 %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 15, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 466.6 Cattle 1,366 829
Steers 906
Heifers 829
Cows 631
Bulls 889
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 309 183
Pork 477.5 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 303
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 948.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 15, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 563,964
Steers 276,514 49.0
Heifers 165,047 29.3
Dairy cows 56,508 10.0
Other cows 54,611 9.7
Bulls 11,284 2.0
Calves Total 9,241
Hogs Total 2,222,449
Barrows and gilts 2,158,928 97.1
Sows 57,455 2.6
Boars 6,066 0.3
Sheep Total 40,309
Mature sheep 2,468 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 37,841 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 15, 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 52,011 35,782 81.0 8,361 10,058 17.0
Tuesday 52,042 31,377 78.6 11,393 9,336 19.5
Wednesday 54,342 30,846 78.7 11,107 10,099 19.6
Thursday 56,111 34,946 80.5 10,029 10,125 17.8
Friday 57,903 29,153 79.7 10,738 9,519 18.5
Saturday 4,105 2,943 37.6 4,880 5,474 55.2
Total 276,514 165,047 78.3 56,508 54,611 19.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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