Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 05.02.15
06/02/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 24, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,129 1,549 389,980 7,262 1,238 - 246
Tuesday 112,305 2,086 437,015 8,618 2,584 - 247
Wednesday 111,559 1,897 428,348 7,383 1,540 - 325
Thursday 99,881 1,362 433,964 7,458 1,462 - 249
Friday 109,705 2,064 421,156 4,479 1,556 - 97
Saturday 37,592 - 206,248 8 13 - -
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Total 581,171 8,958 2,316,711 35,208 8,393 - 1,164
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%Steers 51.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 20.1 %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 24, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 472.3 Cattle 1,359 815
Steers 880
Heifers 811
Cows 641
Bulls 912
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 305 181
Pork 499.0 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 305
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 143 71
Mature sheep 73
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 975.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 24, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 581,171
Steers 299,243 51.5
Heifers 155,744 26.8
Dairy cows 65,485 11.3
Other cows 51,205 8.8
Bulls 9,494 1.6
Calves Total 8,958
Hogs Total 2,316,711
Barrows and gilts 2,252,270 97.2
Sows 57,310 2.5
Boars 7,131 0.3
Sheep Total 35,208
Mature sheep 2,083 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 33,125 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 24, 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 58,717 31,021 81.5 9,611 8,924 16.8
Tuesday 57,310 32,506 80.0 11,833 9,139 18.7
Wednesday 58,458 29,704 79.0 12,131 9,648 19.5
Thursday 52,805 24,411 77.3 11,898 9,060 21.0
Friday 58,589 28,238 79.1 12,775 8,489 19.4
Saturday 13,364 9,864 61.8 7,237 5,945 35.1
Total 299,243 155,744 78.3 65,485 51,205 20.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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