Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 20.06.15
03/07/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 20, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,654 1,685 418,977 9,258 2,998 - 142
Tuesday 113,054 1,552 423,177 8,270 2,138 - 251
Wednesday 94,279 1,499 425,801 8,049 1,698 - 244
Thursday 112,956 1,431 419,673 7,741 1,832 - 233
Friday 110,920 1,550 402,193 6,960 1,514 - 104
Saturday 7,645 13 42,593 19 17 - -
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Total 548,508 7,730 2,132,414 40,297 10,197 - 974
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%Steers 56.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 24.7 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 16.8 %Boars 0.3
%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, June 20, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 446.5 Cattle 1,335 816
Steers 872
Heifers 793
Cows 644
Bulls 931
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 337 201
Pork 451.1 Hogs 281 212
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 315
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 140 70
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 901.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 20, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 548,508
Steers 311,321 56.8
Heifers 135,552 24.7
Dairy cows 50,447 9.2
Other cows 41,432 7.6
Bulls 9,756 1.8
Calves Total 7,730
Hogs Total 2,132,414
Barrows and gilts 2,069,364 97.0
Sows 57,260 2.7
Boars 5,790 0.3
Sheep Total 40,297
Mature sheep 2,295 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 38,002 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 20, 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 58,992 32,956 83.9 7,867 7,803 14.3
Tuesday 64,126 28,363 81.8 10,402 8,356 16.6
Wednesday 52,493 21,854 78.9 10,438 7,769 19.3
Thursday 67,643 25,219 82.2 9,981 8,004 15.9
Friday 64,080 26,231 81.4 10,590 8,088 16.8
Saturday 3,987 929 64.3 1,169 1,412 33.8
Total 311,321 135,552 81.5 50,447 41,432 16.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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