Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 08.08.15
21/08/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 106,777 1,674 370,836 7,459 2,467 - 134
Tuesday 107,654 1,753 425,166 8,152 1,596 - 209
Wednesday 102,485 1,632 424,611 7,643 1,241 - 204
Thursday 110,327 1,208 425,058 7,378 1,533 - 259
Friday 106,117 1,628 396,505 6,076 1,491 - 100
Saturday 841 84 82,307 15 21 - -
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Total 534,201 7,979 2,124,483 36,723 8,349 - 906
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%Steers 58.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 24.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 16.2 %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 require
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 8, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 443.9 Cattle 1,358 833
Steers 895
Heifers 807
Cows 636
Bulls 925
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 323 192
Pork 444.6 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 310
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 892.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 534,201
Steers 310,111 58.1
Heifers 129,341 24.2
Dairy cows 52,428 9.8
Other cows 33,981 6.4
Bulls 8,340 1.6
Calves Total 7,979
Hogs Total 2,124,483
Barrows and gilts 2,064,413 97.2
Sows 54,497 2.6
Boars 5,573 0.3
Sheep Total 36,723
Mature sheep 2,177 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 34,546 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 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 60,164 30,742 85.1 7,338 6,899 13.3
Tuesday 62,986 25,622 82.3 11,223 6,330 16.3
Wednesday 58,701 24,509 81.2 10,926 6,713 17.2
Thursday 64,865 25,532 81.9 11,004 7,203 16.5
Friday 63,376 22,919 81.3 11,274 6,725 17.0
Saturday 19 17 4.3 663 111 92.0
Total 310,111 129,341 82.3 52,428 33,981 16.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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