Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-05.01.13
18/01/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 5, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 83,752 2,843 359,283 7,259 3,201 - 80
Tuesday 28 - 4,848 2 - - -
Wednesday 125,393 3,660 428,890 8,997 2,057 - 121
Thursday 127,729 3,832 430,761 8,336 1,531 - 296
Friday 128,008 4,097 422,973 7,062 1,380 - 113
Saturday 54,496 1 316,325 36 27 - -
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Total 519,406 14,433 1,963,080 31,692 8,196 - 610
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%Steers 50.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows . 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 19.6 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.1
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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, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 5, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 417.3 Cattle 1,333 805
Steers 876
Heifers 803
Cows 621
Bulls 905
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 232 136
Pork 408.5 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 304
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 830.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 5, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 519,406
Steers 261,159 50.3
Heifers 150,933 29.1
Dairy cows 51,124 9.8
Other cows 50,545 9.7
Bulls 5,645 1.1
Calves Total 14,433
Hogs Total 1,963,080
Barrows and gilts 1,911,682 97.4
Sows 46,570 2.4
Boars 4,828 0.2
Sheep Total 31,692
Mature sheep 1,955 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 29,737 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 5, 2013
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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 36,059 24,250 72.0 8,807 13,359 26.5
Tuesday 10 13 82.1 - 3 10.7
Wednesday 64,653 35,947 80.2 11,955 11,735 18.9
Thursday 63,124 38,117 79.3 13,082 12,159 19.8
Friday 66,085 34,695 78.7 14,632 10,990 20.0
Saturday 31,228 17,911 90.2 2,648 2,299 9.1
Total 261,159 150,933 79.3 51,124 50,545 19.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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