Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 17.10.15
30/10/2015
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 17, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,934 1,866 397,847 7,288 1,026 - 192
Tuesday 111,680 1,856 434,496 8,697 2,219 - 203
Wednesday 111,524 1,843 429,367 7,677 1,465 - 240
Thursday 109,658 1,361 436,963 7,954 1,673 - 270
Friday 107,019 1,638 429,326 5,925 1,517 - 94
Saturday 20,408 232 191,185 104 56 - -
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Total 571,223 8,796 2,319,184 37,645 7,956 - 999
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%Steers 55.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 25.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.8
%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, October 17, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 487.3 Cattle 1,398 855
Steers 930
Heifers 846
Cows 624
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 295 175
Pork 491.1 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 313
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 982.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 17, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 571,223
Steers 317,032 55.5
Heifers 144,142 25.2
Dairy cows 56,602 9.9
Other cows 44,206 7.7
Bulls 9,241 1.6
Calves Total 8,796
Hogs Total 2,319,184
Barrows and gilts 2,259,072 97.4
Sows 54,909 2.4
Boars 5,203 0.2
Sheep Total 37,645
Mature sheep 2,571 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,074 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 17, 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 61,547 29,248 81.8 8,528 9,675 16.4
Tuesday 62,104 27,288 80.0 12,183 8,275 18.3
Wednesday 58,979 30,504 80.2 12,030 8,205 18.1
Thursday 60,300 26,696 79.3 11,356 9,381 18.9
Friday 63,020 23,423 80.8 11,633 7,368 17.8
Saturday 11,082 6,983 88.5 872 1,302 10.7
Total 317,032 144,142 80.7 56,602 44,206 17.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
(816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls711.txt
www.ams.usda.gov/lsmarketnews
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