Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 12.09.15
25/09/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 12, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 2,734 520 3,449 454 338 - -
Tuesday 113,526 2,109 435,748 9,638 2,828 - 251
Wednesday 113,772 1,693 433,823 8,232 1,645 - 193
Thursday 115,125 1,676 432,080 8,367 1,795 - 219
Friday 113,214 1,666 435,056 6,277 1,479 - 93
Saturday 42,166 149 308,770 19 19 - -
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Total 500,537 7,813 2,048,926 32,987 8,104 - 756
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%Steers 56.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 92.5
%Heifers 23.9 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 7.5
%Cows 17.6 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.6
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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 12, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 423.4 Cattle 1,383 848
Steers 919
Heifers 826
Cows 638
Bulls 923
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 304 180
Pork 430.2 Hogs 280 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 308
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 857.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 12, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 500,537
Steers 284,960 56.9
Heifers 119,515 23.9
Dairy cows 51,466 10.3
Other cows 36,468 7.3
Bulls 8,128 1.6
Calves Total 7,813
Hogs Total 2,048,926
Barrows and gilts 1,995,584 97.4
Sows 48,855 2.4
Boars 4,487 0.2
Sheep Total 32,987
Mature sheep 2,472 7.5
Lambs and yearlings 30,515 92.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 12, 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 502 423 33.8 1,476 199 61.3
Tuesday 64,916 28,313 82.1 9,129 9,267 16.2
Wednesday 65,583 25,719 80.2 12,810 8,045 18.3
Thursday 67,202 25,848 80.8 11,423 8,655 17.4
Friday 65,485 26,025 80.8 12,419 7,461 17.6
Saturday 21,272 13,187 81.7 4,209 2,841 16.7
Total 284,960 119,515 80.8 51,466 36,468 17.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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