Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 10.10.15
23/10/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 10, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 104,660 1,981 434,886 8,347 2,250 - 135
Tuesday 112,439 2,036 434,350 8,905 1,642 - 269
Wednesday 109,551 1,578 432,422 7,145 1,337 - 193
Thursday 107,608 1,517 434,811 7,590 1,621 - 230
Friday 105,083 2,226 427,886 6,670 1,664 - 127
Saturday 12,317 57 128,481 172 41 - -
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Total 551,658 9,395 2,292,836 38,829 8,555 - 954
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%Steers 53.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 26.6 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 18.4 %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, October 10, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 468.8 Cattle 1,395 852
Steers 928
Heifers 844
Cows 638
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 313 186
Pork 483.3 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 312
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 956.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 10, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 551,658
Steers 293,253 53.2
Heifers 146,716 26.6
Dairy cows 58,912 10.7
Other cows 42,802 7.8
Bulls 9,975 1.8
Calves Total 9,395
Hogs Total 2,292,836
Barrows and gilts 2,230,893 97.3
Sows 56,138 2.4
Boars 5,805 0.3
Sheep Total 38,829
Mature sheep 2,093 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 36,736 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 10, 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 51,863 32,881 81.0 8,827 8,949 17.0
Tuesday 57,611 32,384 80.0 11,746 8,623 18.1
Wednesday 62,502 25,702 80.5 11,947 7,651 17.9
Thursday 61,067 24,466 79.5 11,500 8,663 18.7
Friday 54,641 29,240 79.8 12,143 7,258 18.5
Saturday 5,569 2,043 61.8 2,749 1,658 35.8
Total 293,253 146,716 79.8 58,912 42,802 18.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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