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Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 28.03.15

10/04/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection

             Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.          
                      Week Ending Saturday, March 28, 2015
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  Day        Cattle    Calves     Hogs      Sheep     Goats    Equine   Bison 1/
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Monday         105,096   1,888     433,967    9,658     2,984       -       210
Tuesday        108,812   1,833     434,450    9,237     1,721       -       209
Wednesday      101,513   1,709     434,982    8,243     1,182       -       209
Thursday       107,450   1,386     435,013    8,834     1,518       -       283
Friday          99,548   1,991     422,261    7,699     1,434       -        88
Saturday        16,771       -     118,298      251       285       -         -
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Total          539,190   8,807   2,278,971   43,922     9,124       -       999
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%Steers        50.6    %Barrows & gilts      97.3    %Lambs & yearlings  95.5
%Heifers       28.4    %Sows                  2.5    %Mature sheep        4.5
%Cows          19.4    %Boars                 0.2                              
%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, March 28, 2015
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   Production                     Species and class  Live weight  Dressed Weight
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                    million pounds                        pounds         pounds
                                                                                
Beef                    438.7      Cattle                 1,348           815   
                                   Steers                                 874   
                                   Heifers                                815   
                                   Cows                                   652   
                                   Bulls                                  924   
                                                                                
Calves and veal           1.6      Calves                   303           179   
                                                                                
Pork                    487.4      Hogs                     285           214   
                                   Barrows and gilts                      212   
                                   Sows                                   308   
                                   Boars                                  209   
                                                                                
Lamb and mutton           3.1      Sheep                    140            70   
                                   Mature sheep                            66   
                                   Lambs and yearlings                     71   
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Total meat                                                                      
   production           930.8                                                   
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  Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
               Week Ending  Saturday, March 28, 2015
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                                      Number of        Percent    
              Species                   head          of total    
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Cattle                       Total      539,190                   
                            Steers      272,712         50.6      
                           Heifers      153,162         28.4      
                        Dairy cows       59,120         11.0      
                        Other cows       45,349          8.4      
                             Bulls        8,847          1.6      
                                                                  
Calves                       Total        8,807                   
                                                                  
Hogs                         Total    2,278,971                   
                 Barrows and gilts    2,217,869         97.3      
                              Sows       56,051          2.5      
                             Boars        5,051          0.2      
                                                                  
Sheep                        Total       43,922                   
                      Mature sheep        1,970          4.5      
               Lambs and yearlings       41,952         95.5      
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               Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.          
                        Week Ending  Saturday, March 28, 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         50,182   34,449        80.5         9,275   9,305       17.7     
Tuesday        55,049   30,854        78.9        12,326   8,944       19.5     
Wednesday      50,646   28,477        77.9        12,454   8,450       20.6     
Thursday       56,793   28,445        79.3        11,520   8,742       18.9     
Friday         51,955   25,630        77.9        11,985   8,228       20.3     
Saturday        8,087    5,307        79.9         1,560   1,680       19.3     
                                                                                
Total         272,712  153,162        79.0        59,120  45,349       19.4     
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Source:  USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO


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