Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 05.09.15
18/09/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,513 1,743 429,888 8,242 2,743 - 212
Tuesday 111,201 1,584 425,028 7,835 1,423 - 145
Wednesday 108,620 1,468 434,135 7,321 1,167 - 255
Thursday 112,621 1,454 431,437 7,730 1,519 - 256
Friday 107,911 1,673 401,013 7,357 2,212 - 212
Saturday 9,646 24 61,216 103 206 - -
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Total 559,512 7,946 2,182,717 38,588 9,270 - 1,080
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%Steers 57.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 22.9 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 17.8 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.9
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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, September 5, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 470.9 Cattle 1,380 844
Steers 914
Heifers 818
Cows 640
Bulls 922
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 318 188
Pork 454.2 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 306
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 929.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 559,512
Steers 321,505 57.5
Heifers 127,920 22.9
Dairy cows 57,391 10.3
Other cows 41,993 7.5
Bulls 10,703 1.9
Calves Total 7,946
Hogs Total 2,182,717
Barrows and gilts 2,125,369 97.4
Sows 52,609 2.4
Boars 4,739 0.2
Sheep Total 38,588
Mature sheep 2,405 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 36,183 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 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 62,001 27,968 82.2 9,254 8,208 15.9
Tuesday 62,129 27,300 80.4 12,257 7,283 17.6
Wednesday 64,368 22,813 80.3 11,895 7,759 18.1
Thursday 65,296 24,960 80.1 11,115 9,148 18.0
Friday 63,813 22,687 80.2 11,390 7,918 17.9
Saturday 3,898 2,192 63.1 1,480 1,677 32.7
Total 321,505 127,920 80.3 57,391 41,993 17.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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