Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 04.07.15
17/07/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 4, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,431 1,932 424,020 8,478 2,463 - 149
Tuesday 114,687 1,428 426,224 8,534 1,958 - 285
Wednesday 111,899 1,828 425,130 7,772 1,507 - 180
Thursday 113,374 1,532 421,066 8,012 1,626 - 271
Friday 68,523 905 161,218 2,475 836 - -
Saturday 388 11 5 10 20 - -
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Total 522,302 7,636 1,857,663 35,281 8,410 - 885
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%Steers 58.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 23.9 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 16.4 %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 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, July 4, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 427.4 Cattle 1,340 820
Steers 875
Heifers 800
Cows 644
Bulls 914
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 343 205
Pork 390.3 Hogs 280 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 312
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 821.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 4, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 522,302
Steers 303,495 58.1
Heifers 124,702 23.9
Dairy cows 48,527 9.3
Other cows 37,367 7.2
Bulls 8,211 1.6
Calves Total 7,636
Hogs Total 1,857,663
Barrows and gilts 1,805,270 97.2
Sows 47,245 2.5
Boars 5,148 0.3
Sheep Total 35,281
Mature sheep 2,035 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 33,246 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 4, 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 66,421 28,571 83.7 7,321 9,155 14.5
Tuesday 66,843 26,838 81.7 10,906 8,216 16.7
Wednesday 64,629 26,539 81.5 10,656 8,248 16.9
Thursday 65,895 27,610 82.5 10,533 7,683 16.1
Friday 39,697 15,078 79.9 8,820 4,050 18.8
Saturday 10 66 19.6 291 15 78.9
Total 303,495 124,702 82.0 48,527 37,367 16.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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