Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 14.11.15
27/11/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 14, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,988 2,190 430,978 9,040 2,560 - 296
Tuesday 113,049 1,648 436,050 9,082 1,702 - 258
Wednesday 101,667 1,253 392,194 5,873 316 - 215
Thursday 107,311 1,702 435,808 8,302 2,386 - 347
Friday 95,612 2,039 436,552 6,903 1,452 - 112
Saturday 28,402 247 261,105 116 31 - -
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Total 558,029 9,079 2,392,687 39,316 8,447 - 1,228
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%Steers 50.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 27.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.1
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.2
%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, November 14, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 471.1 Cattle 1,393 846
Steers 925
Heifers 852
Cows 631
Bulls 887
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 321 190
Pork 512.0 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 312
Boars 235
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 987.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 14, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 558,029
Steers 284,277 50.9
Heifers 153,240 27.5
Dairy cows 59,507 10.7
Other cows 51,229 9.2
Bulls 9,776 1.8
Calves Total 9,079
Hogs Total 2,392,687
Barrows and gilts 2,329,249 97.3
Sows 58,877 2.5
Boars 4,561 0.2
Sheep Total 39,316
Mature sheep 1,997 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 37,319 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 14, 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 57,139 33,426 80.9 9,146 10,475 17.5
Tuesday 59,270 31,028 79.9 11,999 8,862 18.5
Wednesday 53,388 25,903 78.0 11,537 9,057 20.3
Thursday 55,064 29,547 78.8 11,019 9,673 19.3
Friday 47,605 25,073 76.0 11,770 9,370 22.1
Saturday 11,811 8,263 70.7 4,036 3,792 27.6
Total 284,277 153,240 78.4 59,507 51,229 19.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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