Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 10.01.15
23/01/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 10, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 105,088 2,160 430,020 8,044 2,660 - 310
Tuesday 111,407 2,101 413,070 8,765 1,539 - 121
Wednesday 105,235 1,924 416,382 7,205 1,088 - 279
Thursday 108,773 1,807 392,424 7,002 1,735 - 217
Friday 97,071 2,149 368,309 4,385 1,386 - 237
Saturday 14,313 - 127,574 42 24 - -
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Total 541,887 10,141 2,147,779 35,443 8,432 - 1,164
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%Steers 52.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 26.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 20.5 %Boars 0.3
%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 10, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 442.4 Cattle 1,363 818
Steers 889
Heifers 815
Cows 636
Bulls 911
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 274 161
Pork 464.5 Hogs 288 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 305
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 911.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 10, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 541,887
Steers 282,315 52.1
Heifers 140,855 26.0
Dairy cows 64,804 12.0
Other cows 46,287 8.5
Bulls 7,626 1.4
Calves Total 10,141
Hogs Total 2,147,779
Barrows and gilts 2,084,616 97.1
Sows 56,689 2.6
Boars 6,474 0.3
Sheep Total 35,443
Mature sheep 1,856 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 33,587 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 10, 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 57,685 28,248 81.8 8,868 9,051 17.1
Tuesday 56,971 31,181 79.1 13,040 8,939 19.7
Wednesday 56,207 25,856 78.0 13,095 8,754 20.8
Thursday 59,646 27,621 80.2 12,099 7,809 18.3
Friday 49,402 26,084 77.8 12,467 7,668 20.7
Saturday 2,404 1,865 29.8 5,235 4,066 65.0
Total 282,315 140,855 78.1 64,804 46,287 20.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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