Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 01.08.15
14/08/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 1, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 104,791 1,300 416,712 8,015 2,481 - 141
Tuesday 108,259 1,867 421,488 7,992 1,613 - 244
Wednesday 105,104 1,523 421,495 5,679 1,277 - 213
Thursday 109,196 1,257 424,149 7,285 1,749 - 213
Friday 102,739 1,476 391,244 6,514 1,515 - 192
Saturday 2,210 118 47,932 65 17 - -
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Total 532,299 7,541 2,123,020 35,550 8,652 - 1,003
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%Steers 58.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 23.4 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 16.8 %Boars 0.3
%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, August 1, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 438.5 Cattle 1,351 826
Steers 886
Heifers 801
Cows 640
Bulls 922
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 303 179
Pork 443.9 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 309
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 886.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 1, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 532,299
Steers 308,888 58.0
Heifers 124,725 23.4
Dairy cows 52,826 9.9
Other cows 36,685 6.9
Bulls 9,175 1.7
Calves Total 7,541
Hogs Total 2,123,020
Barrows and gilts 2,062,272 97.1
Sows 54,878 2.6
Boars 5,870 0.3
Sheep Total 35,550
Mature sheep 2,046 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 33,504 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 1, 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 59,579 27,589 83.2 7,380 8,309 15.0
Tuesday 61,769 26,095 81.2 11,520 7,108 17.2
Wednesday 63,190 22,492 81.5 10,891 6,955 17.0
Thursday 64,098 24,832 81.4 10,577 7,745 16.8
Friday 60,219 23,415 81.4 11,078 6,170 16.8
Saturday 33 302 15.2 1,380 398 80.5
Total 308,888 124,725 81.5 52,826 36,685 16.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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