Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 21.3.15
03/04/2015
Week Ending Saturday, March 21, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 108,630 1,993 418,972 8,871 2,473 - 143
Tuesday 108,618 1,693 437,822 8,189 1,797 - 286
Wednesday 108,544 1,697 433,490 8,344 1,287 - 220
Thursday 103,940 1,597 435,046 9,393 1,679 - 208
Friday 85,891 1,931 411,798 8,265 1,386 - 95
Saturday 4,812 - 100,380 953 69 - -
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Total 520,435 8,911 2,237,508 44,015 8,691 - 952
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%Steers 50.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 28.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.8
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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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