Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 19.09.15
02/10/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 19, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,229 1,876 434,952 8,350 2,629 - 162
Tuesday 113,781 1,669 431,238 7,251 1,564 - 212
Wednesday 111,538 1,491 434,917 7,657 1,524 - 187
Thursday 113,881 1,450 419,567 8,051 1,767 - 282
Friday 112,431 1,650 419,847 6,162 1,426 - 109
Saturday 16,221 154 146,666 132 27 - -
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Total 578,081 8,290 2,287,187 37,603 8,937 - 952
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%Steers 57.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 22.6 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 18.1 %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, September 19, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 491.4 Cattle 1,392 852
Steers 923
Heifers 833
Cows 640
Bulls 916
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 308 182
Pork 479.4 Hogs 280 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 308
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 974.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 19, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 578,081
Steers 332,578 57.5
Heifers 130,423 22.6
Dairy cows 59,804 10.3
Other cows 44,873 7.8
Bulls 10,403 1.8
Calves Total 8,290
Hogs Total 2,287,187
Barrows and gilts 2,222,614 97.2
Sows 59,477 2.6
Boars 5,096 0.2
Sheep Total 37,603
Mature sheep 2,031 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 35,572 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 19, 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 64,896 24,805 81.4 9,439 8,872 16.6
Tuesday 62,780 28,965 80.6 12,000 8,076 17.6
Wednesday 61,423 27,768 80.0 12,222 8,268 18.4
Thursday 67,963 23,057 79.9 11,657 9,176 18.3
Friday 67,831 22,697 80.5 11,712 8,220 17.7
Saturday 7,685 3,131 66.7 2,774 2,261 31.0
Total 332,578 130,423 80.1 59,804 44,873 18.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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