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Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 11.04.15

24/04/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection

             Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.          
                      Week Ending Saturday, April 11, 2015
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  Day        Cattle    Calves     Hogs      Sheep     Goats    Equine   Bison 1/
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Monday          95,747   1,646     291,021    9,575     2,515       -       129
Tuesday        108,854   1,622     429,966   10,314     1,996       -       190
Wednesday      105,977   1,625     431,252    9,966     1,622       -       235
Thursday        97,660   1,505     420,739    8,782     1,545       -       210
Friday          91,245   1,773     398,563    7,396     1,419       -       113
Saturday         4,090       8     203,259       92        92       -         -
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Total          503,573   8,179   2,174,800   46,125     9,189       -       877
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%Steers        51.7    %Barrows & gilts      97.3    %Lambs & yearlings  94.6
%Heifers       26.7    %Sows                  2.5    %Mature sheep        5.4
%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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              Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.          
                      Week Ending  Saturday, April 11, 2015
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   Production                     Species and class  Live weight  Dressed Weight
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                    million pounds                        pounds         pounds
                                                                                
Beef                    408.4      Cattle                 1,343           813   
                                   Steers                                 871   
                                   Heifers                                809   
                                   Cows                                   654   
                                   Bulls                                  932   
                                                                                
Calves and veal           1.5      Calves                   304           181   
                                                                                
Pork                    466.7      Hogs                     286           215   
                                   Barrows and gilts                      212   
                                   Sows                                   310   
                                   Boars                                  210   
                                                                                
Lamb and mutton           3.1      Sheep                    134            67   
                                   Mature sheep                            64   
                                   Lambs and yearlings                     68   
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Total meat                                                                      
   production           879.7                                                   
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  Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
               Week Ending  Saturday, April 11, 2015
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                                      Number of        Percent    
              Species                   head          of total    
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Cattle                       Total      503,573                   
                            Steers      260,128         51.7      
                           Heifers      134,454         26.7      
                        Dairy cows       56,172         11.2      
                        Other cows       43,666          8.7      
                             Bulls        9,153          1.8      
                                                                  
Calves                       Total        8,179                   
                                                                  
Hogs                         Total    2,174,800                   
                 Barrows and gilts    2,115,636         97.3      
                              Sows       54,097          2.5      
                             Boars        5,067          0.2      
                                                                  
Sheep                        Total       46,125                   
                      Mature sheep        2,491          5.4      
               Lambs and yearlings       43,634         94.6      
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               Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.          
                        Week Ending  Saturday, April 11, 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         43,502   32,631        79.5         8,405   9,540       18.7     
Tuesday        55,751   30,830        79.5        11,581   8,927       18.8     
Wednesday      56,510   28,409        80.1        11,412   7,990       18.3     
Thursday       54,426   22,382        78.6        11,365   7,464       19.3     
Friday         49,625   19,833        76.1        11,880   8,044       21.8     
Saturday          314      369        16.7         1,529   1,701       79.0     
                                                                                
Total         260,128  134,454        78.4        56,172  43,666       19.8     
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Source:  USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO


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