Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 21.02.15
06/03/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 21, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 98,730 1,503 416,153 5,045 1,191 - 185
Tuesday 109,552 1,959 402,130 8,949 2,340 - 198
Wednesday 99,550 1,807 424,094 7,033 1,251 - 218
Thursday 109,042 1,501 430,971 8,456 1,250 - 306
Friday 100,675 1,946 424,633 7,357 915 - 114
Saturday 4,383 - 175,709 134 140 - -
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Total 521,932 8,716 2,273,690 36,974 7,087 - 1,021
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%Steers 47.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 95.7
%Heifers 31.5 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.3
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.2
%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, February 21, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 427.4 Cattle 1,359 821
Steers 880
Heifers 823
Cows 663
Bulls 930
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 288 171
Pork 488.1 Hogs 285 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 306
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 919.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 21, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 521,932
Steers 248,627 47.6
Heifers 164,275 31.5
Dairy cows 57,283 11.0
Other cows 44,390 8.5
Bulls 7,357 1.4
Calves Total 8,716
Hogs Total 2,273,690
Barrows and gilts 2,214,825 97.4
Sows 54,146 2.4
Boars 4,719 0.2
Sheep Total 36,974
Mature sheep 1,604 4.3
Lambs and yearlings 35,370 95.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 21, 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 50,032 28,923 80.0 8,646 9,556 18.4
Tuesday 52,408 35,691 80.4 11,407 8,753 18.4
Wednesday 45,832 31,501 77.7 11,906 8,933 20.9
Thursday 53,512 34,864 81.0 11,236 8,008 17.6
Friday 46,733 32,758 79.0 11,835 7,810 19.5
Saturday 110 538 14.8 2,253 1,330 81.7
Total 248,627 164,275 79.1 57,283 44,390 19.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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