Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 31.01.15
13/02/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 31, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,222 2,072 433,114 8,662 2,543 - 240
Tuesday 111,744 1,535 415,746 7,207 1,188 - 272
Wednesday 112,982 1,728 433,385 7,875 1,222 - 267
Thursday 111,204 1,815 427,185 7,550 1,585 - 249
Friday 106,659 1,991 413,778 4,720 935 - 184
Saturday 13,128 - 116,353 90 267 - -
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Total 568,939 9,141 2,239,561 36,104 7,740 - 1,212
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%Steers 49.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 92.9
%Heifers 28.3 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 7.1
%Cows 20.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 31, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 463.7 Cattle 1,361 817
Steers 881
Heifers 816
Cows 653
Bulls 917
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 293 174
Pork 483.0 Hogs 287 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 307
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 146 73
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 950.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 31, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 568,939
Steers 282,323 49.6
Heifers 160,883 28.3
Dairy cows 64,728 11.4
Other cows 51,181 9.0
Bulls 9,824 1.7
Calves Total 9,141
Hogs Total 2,239,561
Barrows and gilts 2,177,700 97.2
Sows 54,741 2.4
Boars 7,120 0.3
Sheep Total 36,104
Mature sheep 2,575 7.1
Lambs and yearlings 33,529 92.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 31, 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 55,368 36,392 81.0 9,861 9,703 17.3
Tuesday 56,743 32,958 80.3 11,500 8,911 18.3
Wednesday 59,253 29,398 78.5 13,021 9,616 20.0
Thursday 57,518 30,250 78.9 11,958 9,624 19.4
Friday 52,902 31,176 78.8 12,460 8,393 19.6
Saturday 539 709 9.5 5,928 4,934 82.7
Total 282,323 160,883 77.9 64,728 51,181 20.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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