Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 30.05.15
12/06/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 30, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 2,221 252 3,633 698 543 - -
Tuesday 115,164 2,096 432,791 9,745 2,172 - 149
Wednesday 117,085 1,806 426,847 8,053 1,471 - 205
Thursday 114,378 1,481 408,599 7,773 1,482 - 301
Friday 115,852 1,446 420,739 6,575 1,264 - 191
Saturday 60,309 17 170,136 6 6 - -
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Total 525,009 7,098 1,862,745 32,850 6,938 - 846
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%Steers 59.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 23.9 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 15.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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 30, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 425.7 Cattle 1,331 813
Steers 864
Heifers 783
Cows 648
Bulls 935
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 338 201
Pork 398.7 Hogs 285 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 314
Boars 189
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 143 71
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 828.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 30, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 525,009
Steers 311,113 59.3
Heifers 125,622 23.9
Dairy cows 46,490 8.9
Other cows 34,278 6.5
Bulls 7,506 1.4
Calves Total 7,098
Hogs Total 1,862,745
Barrows and gilts 1,808,236 97.1
Sows 48,841 2.6
Boars 5,668 0.3
Sheep Total 32,850
Mature sheep 1,875 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 30,975 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 30, 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 136 182 14.3 1,061 594 74.5
Tuesday 68,463 26,693 82.6 9,689 8,506 15.8
Wednesday 72,079 23,565 81.7 11,672 8,157 16.9
Thursday 66,066 27,516 81.8 11,266 7,684 16.6
Friday 66,942 28,245 82.2 11,320 7,610 16.3
Saturday 37,427 19,421 94.3 1,482 1,727 5.3
Total 311,113 125,622 83.2 46,490 34,278 15.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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