Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 07.02.15
20/02/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 7, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 106,855 1,445 388,000 7,246 2,446 - 158
Tuesday 112,542 1,864 436,815 7,907 1,392 - 186
Wednesday 99,335 2,012 429,434 7,494 1,060 - 302
Thursday 110,661 1,375 436,628 8,265 1,338 - 281
Friday 108,808 2,182 423,817 5,467 1,230 - 197
Saturday 7,747 5 144,364 45 108 - -
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Total 545,948 8,883 2,259,058 36,424 7,574 - 1,124
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%Steers 50.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 28.7 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.5
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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, February 7, 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 1,361 820
Steers 884
Heifers 816
Cows 656
Bulls 907
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 297 176
Pork 485.1 Hogs 286 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 307
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 935.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 7, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 545,948
Steers 273,250 50.1
Heifers 156,491 28.7
Dairy cows 62,835 11.5
Other cows 45,368 8.3
Bulls 8,004 1.5
Calves Total 8,883
Hogs Total 2,259,058
Barrows and gilts 2,197,544 97.3
Sows 56,017 2.5
Boars 5,497 0.2
Sheep Total 36,424
Mature sheep 2,156 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 34,268 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 7, 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 52,684 34,388 81.5 9,584 8,444 16.9
Tuesday 59,589 30,665 80.2 11,604 9,191 18.5
Wednesday 47,948 27,707 76.2 13,104 9,247 22.5
Thursday 56,531 31,973 80.0 11,501 9,071 18.6
Friday 54,978 31,297 79.3 12,968 7,924 19.2
Saturday 1,520 461 25.6 4,074 1,491 71.8
Total 273,250 156,491 78.7 62,835 45,368 19.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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