Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 27.06.15
10/07/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 27, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,009 1,624 414,200 8,390 2,623 - 151
Tuesday 113,975 1,631 418,711 9,162 1,655 - 278
Wednesday 102,733 1,331 418,422 7,018 1,089 - 209
Thursday 112,366 1,437 418,862 7,784 1,658 - 226
Friday 112,663 1,414 401,516 5,294 1,253 - 188
Saturday 6,775 9 68,876 7 7 - -
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Total 558,521 7,446 2,140,587 37,655 8,285 - 1,052
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%Steers 58.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 24.3 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 15.8 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.7
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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 27, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 457.1 Cattle 1,340 820
Steers 872
Heifers 796
Cows 651
Bulls 926
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 342 204
Pork 452.0 Hogs 281 211
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 314
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 913.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 27, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 558,521
Steers 325,529 58.3
Heifers 135,601 24.3
Dairy cows 50,533 9.0
Other cows 37,464 6.7
Bulls 9,394 1.7
Calves Total 7,446
Hogs Total 2,140,587
Barrows and gilts 2,075,621 97.0
Sows 57,195 2.7
Boars 7,771 0.4
Sheep Total 37,655
Mature sheep 2,081 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 35,574 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 27, 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 64,077 30,287 85.8 7,654 6,307 12.7
Tuesday 65,835 27,806 82.2 10,860 7,634 16.2
Wednesday 59,016 23,699 80.5 10,819 7,439 17.8
Thursday 68,666 23,830 82.3 9,763 8,235 16.0
Friday 64,518 28,295 82.4 10,676 6,990 15.7
Saturday 3,417 1,684 75.3 761 859 23.9
Total 325,529 135,601 82.6 50,533 37,464 15.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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