Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 22.08.15
04/09/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 22, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 104,983 1,895 425,204 8,619 2,579 - 159
Tuesday 110,406 1,532 418,485 8,883 1,758 - 153
Wednesday 108,377 1,453 420,457 6,592 855 - 204
Thursday 107,821 1,300 425,053 7,746 1,724 - 193
Friday 107,173 1,808 407,620 5,586 1,621 - 101
Saturday 6,197 124 134,374 88 12 - -
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Total 544,957 8,112 2,231,193 37,514 8,549 - 810
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%Steers 57.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 24.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.5
%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, August 22, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 455.9 Cattle 1,368 838
Steers 905
Heifers 812
Cows 636
Bulls 919
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 318 188
Pork 466.3 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 307
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 926.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 22, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 544,957
Steers 312,467 57.3
Heifers 132,307 24.3
Dairy cows 55,022 10.1
Other cows 35,435 6.5
Bulls 9,726 1.8
Calves Total 8,112
Hogs Total 2,231,193
Barrows and gilts 2,171,068 97.3
Sows 54,862 2.5
Boars 5,263 0.2
Sheep Total 37,514
Mature sheep 2,069 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 35,445 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 22, 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 60,608 27,439 83.9 8,165 6,803 14.3
Tuesday 63,241 26,627 81.4 11,624 7,165 17.0
Wednesday 61,922 25,930 81.1 11,447 7,324 17.3
Thursday 62,292 24,870 80.8 10,975 7,503 17.1
Friday 60,918 26,178 81.3 11,916 6,175 16.9
Saturday 3,486 1,263 76.6 895 465 21.9
Total 312,467 132,307 81.6 55,022 35,435 16.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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