Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 21.11.15
04/12/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 21, 2015
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 106,010 2,027 437,418 9,356 2,671 - 258
Tuesday 108,644 1,726 437,035 8,721 1,883 - 232
Wednesday 109,261 1,525 439,662 7,419 920 - 198
Thursday 111,184 1,654 438,170 8,205 1,982 - 372
Friday 107,927 2,105 435,635 7,112 1,663 - 119
Saturday 27,759 258 206,342 132 37 - 45
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Total 570,785 9,295 2,394,262 40,945 9,156 - 1,224
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%Steers 52.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 26.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 19.2 %Boars 0.1
%Bulls 1.7
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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 21, 2015
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 483.5 Cattle 1,396 849
Steers 925
Heifers 849
Cows 636
Bulls 889
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 303 179
Pork 510.8 Hogs 286 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 312
Boars 237
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 998.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 21, 2015
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 570,785
Steers 301,619 52.8
Heifers 150,004 26.3
Dairy cows 59,515 10.4
Other cows 50,012 8.8
Bulls 9,635 1.7
Calves Total 9,295
Hogs Total 2,394,262
Barrows and gilts 2,331,594 97.4
Sows 59,113 2.5
Boars 3,555 0.1
Sheep Total 40,945
Mature sheep 1,887 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 39,058 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 21, 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 51,557 33,509 80.2 9,109 10,101 18.1
Tuesday 59,003 26,898 79.1 11,577 9,148 19.1
Wednesday 59,195 27,372 79.2 11,354 9,705 19.3
Thursday 61,118 27,481 79.7 11,016 9,512 18.5
Friday 57,732 27,211 78.7 12,426 8,794 19.7
Saturday 13,014 7,533 74.0 4,033 2,752 24.4
Total 301,619 150,004 79.1 59,515 50,012 19.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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