Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 17.01.15
30/01/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 17, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,160 2,056 450,611 8,608 2,741 - 204
Tuesday 112,465 2,003 433,733 8,312 1,615 - 291
Wednesday 104,583 2,157 432,951 7,778 1,075 - 253
Thursday 112,677 1,242 425,649 7,516 1,432 - 257
Friday 92,771 2,190 419,833 5,494 1,850 - 119
Saturday 17,791 - 80,995 50 36 - -
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Total 550,447 9,648 2,243,772 37,758 8,749 - 1,124
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%Steers 49.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 28.1 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 20.4 %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, January 17, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 446.5 Cattle 1,360 813
Steers 882
Heifers 811
Cows 639
Bulls 900
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 289 171
Pork 484.1 Hogs 287 216
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 306
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 934.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 17, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 550,447
Steers 274,550 49.9
Heifers 154,896 28.1
Dairy cows 65,244 11.9
Other cows 46,846 8.5
Bulls 8,911 1.6
Calves Total 9,648
Hogs Total 2,243,772
Barrows and gilts 2,179,157 97.1
Sows 58,211 2.6
Boars 6,404 0.3
Sheep Total 37,758
Mature sheep 1,873 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 35,885 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 17, 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 55,576 34,769 82.0 9,046 9,118 16.5
Tuesday 57,048 33,177 80.2 12,537 8,000 18.3
Wednesday 48,505 33,634 78.5 12,353 8,699 20.1
Thursday 62,916 28,227 80.9 12,012 7,950 17.7
Friday 47,866 23,380 76.8 12,464 7,448 21.5
Saturday 2,639 1,709 24.4 6,832 5,631 70.1
Total 274,550 154,896 78.0 65,244 46,846 20.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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