Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 26.09.15
09/10/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 26, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,908 2,158 419,370 8,422 2,734 - 201
Tuesday 112,315 1,759 432,185 8,828 1,710 - 187
Wednesday 111,130 1,545 424,390 7,707 1,578 - 154
Thursday 111,744 1,267 423,971 10,234 2,978 - 311
Friday 111,193 1,860 420,597 7,488 1,699 - 95
Saturday 14,122 270 162,315 2,513 570 - -
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Total 574,412 8,859 2,282,828 45,192 11,269 - 948
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%Steers 56.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 23.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 18.0 %Boars 0.3
%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 26, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 485.9 Cattle 1,386 848
Steers 920
Heifers 830
Cows 636
Bulls 900
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 309 183
Pork 478.9 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 306
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 969.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 26, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 574,412
Steers 323,986 56.4
Heifers 136,401 23.7
Dairy cows 58,792 10.2
Other cows 44,614 7.8
Bulls 10,619 1.8
Calves Total 8,859
Hogs Total 2,282,828
Barrows and gilts 2,217,145 97.1
Sows 59,650 2.6
Boars 6,033 0.3
Sheep Total 45,192
Mature sheep 2,736 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 42,456 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 26, 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 63,089 30,040 81.8 9,411 9,307 16.4
Tuesday 62,197 28,084 80.4 11,635 8,233 17.7
Wednesday 66,634 22,856 80.5 11,877 7,851 17.8
Thursday 67,063 23,139 80.7 10,969 8,566 17.5
Friday 57,979 30,803 79.8 12,019 8,333 18.3
Saturday 7,024 1,479 60.2 2,881 2,324 36.9
Total 323,986 136,401 80.1 58,792 44,614 18.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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