Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 06.12.14
19/12/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 6, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,088 1,696 430,904 8,370 2,553 - 207
Tuesday 111,641 2,080 427,396 8,874 1,863 - 197
Wednesday 106,980 2,198 429,674 7,953 947 - 239
Thursday 109,834 1,540 427,726 8,314 1,717 - 226
Friday 105,270 1,838 425,700 6,434 1,665 - 188
Saturday 19,791 - 94,745 33 23 - -
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Total 563,604 9,352 2,236,145 39,978 8,768 - 1,057
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%Steers 49.8 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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, December 6, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 463.9 Cattle 1,368 825
Steers 901
Heifers 824
Cows 631
Bulls 902
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 308 183
Pork 481.7 Hogs 288 216
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 302
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 950.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 6, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 563,604
Steers 280,943 49.8
Heifers 158,733 28.2
Dairy cows 61,877 11.0
Other cows 51,688 9.2
Bulls 10,363 1.8
Calves Total 9,352
Hogs Total 2,236,145
Barrows and gilts 2,166,514 96.9
Sows 62,529 2.8
Boars 7,102 0.3
Sheep Total 39,978
Mature sheep 2,138 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 37,840 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 6, 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 54,908 36,146 82.7 7,511 9,831 15.8
Tuesday 55,562 33,296 79.6 11,727 9,412 18.9
Wednesday 53,756 30,104 78.4 11,684 9,623 19.9
Thursday 60,802 26,528 79.5 11,255 9,062 18.5
Friday 52,541 30,301 78.7 12,159 8,413 19.5
Saturday 3,374 2,358 29.0 7,541 5,347 65.1
Total 280,943 158,733 78.0 61,877 51,688 20.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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