Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 18.07.15
31/07/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 18, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 107,001 1,909 413,780 9,027 3,640 - 190
Tuesday 112,020 1,978 419,475 8,940 1,899 - 258
Wednesday 104,200 1,528 416,451 8,532 1,416 - 201
Thursday 112,342 1,329 420,108 9,157 2,231 - 343
Friday 104,495 1,680 377,901 4,595 354 - 110
Saturday 2,211 116 32,743 27 12 - -
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Total 542,269 8,540 2,080,458 40,278 9,552 - 1,102
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%Steers 57.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 24.1 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 16.6 %Boars 0.2
%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, July 18, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 445.7 Cattle 1,348 824
Steers 884
Heifers 801
Cows 637
Bulls 923
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 327 195
Pork 437.1 Hogs 280 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 313
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 140 70
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 887.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 18, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 542,269
Steers 311,531 57.4
Heifers 130,596 24.1
Dairy cows 52,935 9.8
Other cows 37,322 6.9
Bulls 9,885 1.8
Calves Total 8,540
Hogs Total 2,080,458
Barrows and gilts 2,020,140 97.1
Sows 55,610 2.7
Boars 4,708 0.2
Sheep Total 40,278
Mature sheep 2,169 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 38,109 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 18, 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 60,492 29,481 84.1 7,525 7,552 14.1
Tuesday 67,840 23,996 82.0 11,064 7,262 16.4
Wednesday 59,148 24,467 80.2 11,345 7,437 18.0
Thursday 65,016 26,750 81.7 10,435 8,161 16.6
Friday 58,975 25,305 80.7 11,630 6,479 17.3
Saturday 60 597 29.7 936 431 61.8
Total 311,531 130,596 81.5 52,935 37,322 16.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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