Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 03.01.15
16/01/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 3, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,417 2,111 435,261 9,043 3,225 - 149
Tuesday 113,408 2,244 431,394 9,895 2,307 - 183
Wednesday 93,623 2,478 370,329 6,611 1,576 - 258
Thursday 9 - 367 - - - -
Friday 109,574 1,373 424,153 7,309 1,429 - 149
Saturday 24,423 - 326,126 23 18 - -
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Total 455,454 8,206 1,987,630 32,881 8,555 - 739
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%Steers 52.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.7 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 27.4 %Sows 2.0 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 18.7 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.4
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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, January 3, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 376.3 Cattle 1,371 828
Steers 897
Heifers 820
Cows 636
Bulls 940
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 295 175
Pork 428.9 Hogs 287 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 302
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 809.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 3, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 455,454
Steers 239,442 52.6
Heifers 124,707 27.4
Dairy cows 48,166 10.6
Other cows 36,886 8.1
Bulls 6,253 1.4
Calves Total 8,206
Hogs Total 1,987,630
Barrows and gilts 1,942,536 97.7
Sows 40,549 2.0
Boars 4,545 0.2
Sheep Total 32,881
Mature sheep 1,989 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 30,892 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 3, 2015
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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 63,404 31,022 82.5 8,755 9,894 16.3
Tuesday 56,648 34,170 80.1 12,367 8,720 18.6
Wednesday 49,523 22,193 76.6 11,960 8,425 21.8
Thursday 9 - 100.0 - - -
Friday 59,017 30,672 81.9 11,127 7,432 16.9
Saturday 10,841 6,650 71.6 3,957 2,415 26.1
Total 239,442 124,707 80.0 48,166 36,886 18.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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