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Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 18.04.15

01/05/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection

             Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.          
                      Week Ending Saturday, April 18, 2015
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  Day        Cattle    Calves     Hogs      Sheep     Goats    Equine   Bison 1/
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Monday         108,566   1,923     450,865    7,418     2,144       -       151
Tuesday        110,616   1,561     433,004    8,233     1,704       -       216
Wednesday      108,464   1,764     432,545    6,532       950       -       226
Thursday       103,715   1,095     431,420    8,157     1,350       -       208
Friday         101,523   1,720     415,745    7,028     1,598       -       105
Saturday         4,186      15      76,182       21        12       -         -
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Total          537,070   8,078   2,239,761   37,389     7,758       -       906
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%Steers        51.7    %Barrows & gilts      97.4    %Lambs & yearlings  95.1
%Heifers       28.2    %Sows                  2.4    %Mature sheep        4.9
%Cows          18.3    %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 require
   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 18, 2015
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   Production                     Species and class  Live weight  Dressed Weight
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                    million pounds                        pounds         pounds
                                                                                
Beef                    437.2      Cattle                 1,343           816   
                                   Steers                                 872   
                                   Heifers                                812   
                                   Cows                                   652   
                                   Bulls                                  929   
                                                                                
Calves and veal           1.5      Calves                   321           191   
                                                                                
Pork                    479.0      Hogs                     285           214   
                                   Barrows and gilts                      212   
                                   Sows                                   310   
                                   Boars                                  210   
                                                                                
Lamb and mutton           2.7      Sheep                    147            73   
                                   Mature sheep                            67   
                                   Lambs and yearlings                     74   
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Total meat                                                                      
   production           920.4                                                   
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  Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
               Week Ending  Saturday, April 18, 2015
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                                      Number of        Percent    
              Species                   head          of total    
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Cattle                       Total      537,070                   
                            Steers      277,812         51.7      
                           Heifers      151,571         28.2      
                        Dairy cows       54,288         10.1      
                        Other cows       43,916          8.2      
                             Bulls        9,483          1.8      
                                                                  
Calves                       Total        8,078                   
                                                                  
Hogs                         Total    2,239,761                   
                 Barrows and gilts    2,180,896         97.4      
                              Sows       53,442          2.4      
                             Boars        5,423          0.2      
                                                                  
Sheep                        Total       37,389                   
                      Mature sheep        1,839          4.9      
               Lambs and yearlings       35,550         95.1      
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               Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.          
                        Week Ending  Saturday, April 18, 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         57,495   32,052        82.5         8,135   8,889       15.7     
Tuesday        58,249   31,329        81.0        11,280   8,099       17.5     
Wednesday      58,250   28,593        80.1        11,101   8,943       18.5     
Thursday       52,993   29,517        79.6        10,571   8,588       18.5     
Friday         49,756   29,202        77.8        11,922   8,617       20.2     
Saturday        1,069      878        46.5         1,279     780       49.2     
                                                                                
Total         277,812  151,571        79.9        54,288  43,916       18.3     
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Source:  USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO


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