Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 25.07.15
07/08/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 25, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 108,049 1,736 381,219 8,236 2,588 - 199
Tuesday 109,664 1,791 421,047 8,034 1,557 - 263
Wednesday 104,343 1,274 420,774 6,211 1,010 - 217
Thursday 108,237 1,441 417,914 7,038 1,535 - 224
Friday 97,514 1,469 403,428 4,732 1,189 - 158
Saturday 6,795 127 49,802 13 10 - -
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Total 534,602 7,838 2,094,184 34,264 7,889 - 1,061
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%Steers 57.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 24.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 16.5 %Boars 0.2
%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, July 25, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 440.1 Cattle 1,350 825
Steers 884
Heifers 799
Cows 645
Bulls 925
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 317 188
Pork 439.0 Hogs 279 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 309
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 143 71
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 883.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 25, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 534,602
Steers 307,749 57.6
Heifers 129,629 24.2
Dairy cows 51,425 9.6
Other cows 36,758 6.9
Bulls 9,041 1.7
Calves Total 7,838
Hogs Total 2,094,184
Barrows and gilts 2,034,647 97.2
Sows 54,397 2.6
Boars 5,140 0.2
Sheep Total 34,264
Mature sheep 1,958 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 32,306 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 25, 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 62,669 27,962 83.9 8,243 7,177 14.3
Tuesday 60,670 29,253 82.0 10,804 7,284 16.5
Wednesday 60,197 23,992 80.7 11,184 7,389 17.8
Thursday 63,438 24,538 81.3 10,538 7,687 16.8
Friday 57,142 21,823 81.0 9,955 6,865 17.2
Saturday 3,633 2,061 83.8 701 356 15.6
Total 307,749 129,629 81.8 51,425 36,758 16.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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