Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 23.05.15
05/06/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 23, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,810 1,726 423,215 8,618 2,450 - 136
Tuesday 114,133 1,762 422,236 8,376 1,838 - 274
Wednesday 113,922 1,761 424,732 6,597 1,311 - 213
Thursday 114,772 1,261 425,364 8,059 1,601 - 315
Friday 110,839 1,660 408,152 7,680 1,669 - 179
Saturday 5,249 12 36,764 184 182 - -
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Total 570,725 8,182 2,140,463 39,514 9,051 - 1,117
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%Steers 56.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 25.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 16.5 %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, May 23, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 461.4 Cattle 1,331 810
Steers 864
Heifers 790
Cows 646
Bulls 925
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 338 201
Pork 454.9 Hogs 283 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 313
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 145 72
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 920.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 23, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 570,725
Steers 320,482 56.2
Heifers 147,329 25.8
Dairy cows 51,823 9.1
Other cows 42,119 7.4
Bulls 8,972 1.6
Calves Total 8,182
Hogs Total 2,140,463
Barrows and gilts 2,080,152 97.2
Sows 55,604 2.6
Boars 4,707 0.2
Sheep Total 39,514
Mature sheep 2,389 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 37,125 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 23, 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 58,687 33,901 82.8 8,246 9,148 15.6
Tuesday 65,522 28,054 82.0 10,448 8,500 16.6
Wednesday 64,568 29,218 82.3 10,560 7,816 16.1
Thursday 63,509 30,336 81.8 10,598 8,475 16.6
Friday 65,699 24,838 81.7 10,851 7,583 16.6
Saturday 2,497 982 66.3 1,120 597 32.7
Total 320,482 147,329 82.0 51,823 42,119 16.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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