Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 27.12.14
09/01/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 27, 2014
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,105 2,021 440,764 10,389 3,718 - 241
Tuesday 116,638 1,872 427,235 10,625 2,536 - 167
Wednesday 42,378 2,249 187,172 5,238 1,819 - 113
Thursday - - - - - - -
Friday 90,118 911 408,710 5,061 2,215 - 95
Saturday 26,915 95 275,709 189 176 - -
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Total 390,154 7,148 1,739,590 31,502 10,464 - 616
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 27.4 %Sows 2.1 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 19.4 %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, December 27, 2014
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 321.2 Cattle 1,370 825
Steers 897
Heifers 824
Cows 630
Bulls 891
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 293 174
Pork 373.2 Hogs 286 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 302
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 697.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 27, 2014
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 390,154
Steers 201,192 51.6
Heifers 106,936 27.4
Dairy cows 42,425 10.9
Other cows 33,366 8.6
Bulls 6,235 1.6
Calves Total 7,148
Hogs Total 1,739,590
Barrows and gilts 1,698,225 97.6
Sows 36,466 2.1
Boars 4,899 0.3
Sheep Total 31,502
Mature sheep 1,962 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 29,540 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 27, 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 59,323 33,265 81.1 10,156 9,344 17.1
Tuesday 62,350 31,785 80.7 12,105 8,616 17.8
Wednesday 20,452 6,633 63.9 9,190 5,382 34.4
Thursday - - - - - -
Friday 46,085 28,853 83.2 7,115 6,900 15.6
Saturday 12,982 6,400 72.0 3,859 3,124 25.9
Total 201,192 106,936 79.0 42,425 33,366 19.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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