Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 16.05.15
29/05/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 16, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,922 1,564 409,830 7,807 2,234 - 211
Tuesday 112,492 1,627 422,865 8,368 1,696 - 251
Wednesday 110,054 1,895 420,187 6,949 909 - 267
Thursday 114,521 1,406 416,780 8,118 1,273 - 231
Friday 112,012 1,461 404,965 5,052 1,647 - 153
Saturday 5,177 8 50,788 21 21 - -
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Total 568,178 7,961 2,125,415 36,315 7,780 - 1,113
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%Steers 56.8 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 24.5 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 17.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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
and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 16, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 462.1 Cattle 1,339 815
Steers 867
Heifers 797
Cows 656
Bulls 923
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 337 201
Pork 452.9 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 312
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 146 73
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 919.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 16, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 568,178
Steers 322,851 56.8
Heifers 139,468 24.5
Dairy cows 51,574 9.1
Other cows 45,385 8.0
Bulls 8,900 1.6
Calves Total 7,961
Hogs Total 2,125,415
Barrows and gilts 2,060,360 96.9
Sows 59,546 2.8
Boars 5,509 0.3
Sheep Total 36,315
Mature sheep 2,281 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 34,034 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 16, 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 60,852 32,564 82.0 8,585 10,058 16.4
Tuesday 64,505 27,075 81.4 10,940 8,444 17.2
Wednesday 64,204 25,138 81.2 10,660 8,347 17.3
Thursday 65,283 27,677 81.2 10,176 9,589 17.3
Friday 66,484 26,095 82.7 10,137 7,479 15.7
Saturday 1,523 919 47.2 1,076 1,468 49.1
Total 322,851 139,468 81.4 51,574 45,385 17.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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