Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 15.8.15
28/08/2015
St. Joseph, MO Thu Aug 27, 2015 USDA Market News Service
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 15, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 108,376 2,072 424,239 8,856 2,625 - 153
Tuesday 112,378 1,588 423,539 7,114 1,618 - 300
Wednesday 101,698 1,412 427,891 7,272 1,508 - 281
Thursday 109,984 1,206 429,064 7,644 1,719 - 331
Friday 104,098 1,682 404,203 5,469 1,453 - 181
Saturday 7,515 123 105,681 76 26 - -
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Total 544,049 8,083 2,214,617 36,431 8,949 - 1,246
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%Steers 58.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 24.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 16.2 %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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