Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 03.10.15
16/10/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 3, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 108,305 1,964 427,519 6,864 1,753 - 186
Tuesday 111,696 1,903 427,781 7,038 1,892 - 295
Wednesday 111,578 1,723 426,772 6,093 844 - 226
Thursday 112,991 1,439 433,466 7,003 1,465 - 216
Friday 111,240 1,771 418,542 5,991 1,525 - 148
Saturday 13,542 159 134,685 126 20 - -
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Total 569,352 8,959 2,268,765 33,115 7,499 - 1,071
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%Steers 56.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.3
%Heifers 23.6 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.7
%Cows 18.4 %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, October 3, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 482.6 Cattle 1,391 850
Steers 924
Heifers 838
Cows 630
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 309 183
Pork 477.6 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 311
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 964.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 3, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 569,352
Steers 319,403 56.1
Heifers 134,472 23.6
Dairy cows 59,298 10.4
Other cows 45,207 7.9
Bulls 10,972 1.9
Calves Total 8,959
Hogs Total 2,268,765
Barrows and gilts 2,208,853 97.4
Sows 54,836 2.4
Boars 5,076 0.2
Sheep Total 33,115
Mature sheep 2,220 6.7
Lambs and yearlings 30,895 93.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 3, 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 61,274 26,405 81.0 9,292 9,182 17.1
Tuesday 61,521 27,563 79.8 12,222 8,241 18.3
Wednesday 64,345 24,310 79.5 12,080 8,688 18.6
Thursday 65,103 25,348 80.1 11,615 8,902 18.2
Friday 59,695 28,624 79.4 12,404 8,389 18.7
Saturday 7,465 2,222 71.5 1,685 1,805 25.8
Total 319,403 134,472 79.7 59,298 45,207 18.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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