date:Apr 23, 2014
762,000 head with 98.6 percent under federal inspection. The average live weight dropped 10 lbs. to 250 lbs. compared to 2012, USDA reported.
Commercial hog slaughter was 1 percent lower compared to a year ago at 112.1 million head. USDA reported 99.3 percent of the hogs were slaughtered under federal inspection. The average live weight was up 1 lb. from 2012, at 276 lbs. Barrows and gilts comprised 97.0 percent of the total federally inspected hog slaughter.
Commercial sheep and lamb slaug