Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 29.11.14
12/12/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 29, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,471 1,885 435,662 10,326 3,373 - 215
Tuesday 116,612 1,824 436,906 10,041 2,237 - 169
Wednesday 117,838 1,956 421,137 5,705 2,027 - 161
Thursday 130 260 983 20 - - -
Friday 104,551 1,580 407,487 7,184 1,500 - 123
Saturday 38,376 1 285,178 1,340 29 - -
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Total 491,978 7,506 1,987,353 34,616 9,166 - 668
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%Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 30.3 %Sows 2.1 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 29, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 408.0 Cattle 1,368 831
Steers 901
Heifers 827
Cows 633
Bulls 891
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 299 177
Pork 427.0 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 300
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 838.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 29, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 491,978
Steers 247,902 50.4
Heifers 148,926 30.3
Dairy cows 46,090 9.4
Other cows 41,069 8.3
Bulls 7,991 1.6
Calves Total 7,506
Hogs Total 1,987,353
Barrows and gilts 1,938,503 97.5
Sows 42,646 2.1
Boars 6,204 0.3
Sheep Total 34,616
Mature sheep 2,047 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 32,569 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 29, 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 57,598 35,585 81.4 9,060 10,125 16.8
Tuesday 59,245 34,969 80.8 11,264 9,213 17.6
Wednesday 60,696 34,996 81.2 12,036 8,448 17.4
Thursday 89 11 76.9 30 - 23.1
Friday 55,148 31,670 83.0 8,840 7,432 15.6
Saturday 15,126 11,695 69.9 4,860 5,851 27.9
Total 247,902 148,926 80.7 46,090 41,069 17.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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