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Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 28.11.15

11/12/2015
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection

             Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.          
                      Week Ending Saturday, November 28, 2015
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  Day        Cattle    Calves     Hogs      Sheep     Goats    Equine   Bison 1/
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Monday         109,973   2,270     441,397    9,661     3,009       -       207
Tuesday        110,834   2,247     435,730    9,934     1,977       -       254
Wednesday      112,023   1,521     437,979    5,545     1,559       -       230
Thursday            45     243       1,294        -         -       -         -
Friday          94,441   1,610     421,032    6,052     1,636       -        96
Saturday        30,472     255     372,849    1,345         6       -         -
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Total          457,788   8,146   2,110,281   32,537     8,187       -       787
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%Steers        53.5    %Barrows & gilts      98.1    %Lambs & yearlings  93.9
%Heifers       26.4    %Sows                  1.8    %Mature sheep        6.1
%Cows          18.5    %Boars                 0.2                              
%Bulls          1.5                                                            
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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 28, 2015
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   Production                     Species and class  Live weight  Dressed Weight
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                    million pounds                        pounds         pounds
                                                                                
Beef                    389.0      Cattle                 1,403           851   
                                   Steers                                 923   
                                   Heifers                                854   
                                   Cows                                   634   
                                   Bulls                                  898   
                                                                                
Calves and veal           1.4      Calves                   298           176   
                                                                                
Pork                    449.3      Hogs                     285           213   
                                   Barrows and gilts                      211   
                                   Sows                                   307   
                                   Boars                                  218   
                                                                                
Lamb and mutton           2.2      Sheep                    135            68   
                                   Mature sheep                            65   
                                   Lambs and yearlings                     68   
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Total meat                                                                      
   production           841.9                                                   
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  Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
               Week Ending  Saturday, November 28, 2015
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                                      Number of        Percent    
              Species                   head          of total    
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Cattle                       Total      457,788                   
                            Steers      245,041         53.5      
                           Heifers      120,867         26.4      
                        Dairy cows       44,264          9.7      
                        Other cows       40,521          8.9      
                             Bulls        7,095          1.5      
                                                                  
Calves                       Total        8,146                   
                                                                  
Hogs                         Total    2,110,281                   
                 Barrows and gilts    2,069,474         98.1      
                              Sows       37,240          1.8      
                             Boars        3,567          0.2      
                                                                  
Sheep                        Total       32,537                   
                      Mature sheep        1,972          6.1      
               Lambs and yearlings       30,565         93.9      
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               Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.          
                        Week Ending  Saturday, November 28, 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         56,504   32,109         80.6        8,842  10,668       17.7     
Tuesday        58,988   29,268         79.6       11,792   9,015       18.8     
Wednesday      63,757   25,783         79.9       12,192   8,649       18.6     
Thursday           27       18        100.0            -       -          -     
Friday         47,825   26,651         78.9        9,720   8,827       19.6     
Saturday       17,940    7,038         82.0        1,718   3,362       16.7     
                                                                                
Total         245,041  120,867         79.9       44,264  40,521       18.5     
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Source:  USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO


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