Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 07.11.15
20/11/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,234 2,403 432,612 8,733 2,159 - 140
Tuesday 110,714 1,759 433,534 8,787 1,582 - 226
Wednesday 111,862 1,833 430,919 6,825 1,209 - 221
Thursday 110,105 1,413 436,602 7,499 1,518 - 297
Friday 96,381 1,883 431,688 7,297 1,209 - 233
Saturday 24,370 299 196,921 911 31 - -
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Total 563,666 9,590 2,362,276 40,052 7,708 - 1,117
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%Steers 53.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 25.9 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 19.4 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.7
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- Represents zero.
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not require
inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally Inspected plants
and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 475.7 Cattle 1,394 846
Steers 921
Heifers 845
Cows 635
Bulls 896
Calves and veal 1.8 Calves 311 184
Pork 503.1 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 308
Boars 228
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 983.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 563,666
Steers 298,883 53.0
Heifers 145,946 25.9
Dairy cows 60,261 10.7
Other cows 48,917 8.7
Bulls 9,659 1.7
Calves Total 9,590
Hogs Total 2,362,276
Barrows and gilts 2,305,082 97.6
Sows 52,911 2.2
Boars 4,283 0.2
Sheep Total 40,052
Mature sheep 1,918 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 38,134 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 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 56,598 32,681 81.0 9,214 9,960 17.4
Tuesday 58,719 29,238 79.4 11,870 8,938 18.8
Wednesday 59,781 29,393 79.7 11,717 9,109 18.6
Thursday 61,669 26,066 79.7 11,490 9,080 18.7
Friday 50,956 23,483 77.2 11,681 8,454 20.9
Saturday 11,160 5,085 66.7 4,289 3,376 31.5
Total 298,883 145,946 78.9 60,261 48,917 19.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division, St Joseph, MO
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