Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-19.01.13
01/02/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 19, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,414 3,487 426,238 8,441 2,903 - 47
Tuesday 127,756 3,293 428,189 6,765 2,077 - 207
Wednesday 124,710 3,361 427,253 7,132 1,204 - 240
Thursday 121,605 2,316 426,599 7,789 1,874 - 219
Friday 103,505 3,255 409,293 5,880 1,354 - 107
Saturday 8,600 - 88,575 25 23 - -
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Total 611,590 15,712 2,206,147 36,032 9,435 - 820
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%Steers 49.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 27.0 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 22.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 19, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 486.9 Cattle 1,331 798
Steers 871
Heifers 805
Cows 620
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 255 149
Pork 458.1 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 304
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 949.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 19, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 611,590
Steers 301,151 49.2
Heifers 164,887 27.0
Dairy cows 68,765 11.2
Other cows 66,317 10.8
Bulls 10,470 1.7
Calves Total 15,712
Hogs Total 2,206,147
Barrows and gilts 2,138,998 97.0
Sows 59,737 2.7
Boars 7,412 0.3
Sheep Total 36,032
Mature sheep 1,800 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 34,232 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 19, 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 65,154 33,128 78.4 11,554 13,417 19.9
Tuesday 62,847 36,964 78.1 13,171 12,881 20.4
Wednesday 62,012 34,124 77.1 14,215 12,404 21.3
Thursday 57,504 37,545 78.2 13,806 11,039 20.4
Friday 53,045 23,090 73.6 13,758 11,517 24.4
Saturday 589 36 7.3 2,261 5,059 85.1
Total 301,151 164,887 76.2 68,765 66,317 22.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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