Actual slaughter under federal inspection-26.01.13
08/02/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,705 2,723 359,535 6,011 1,564 - 62
Tuesday 126,659 3,208 425,170 8,851 2,664 - 158
Wednesday 122,882 3,145 424,015 7,501 1,228 - 220
Thursday 125,421 2,368 425,762 8,212 1,865 - 233
Friday 122,110 3,340 411,969 5,644 1,481 - 109
Saturday 6,572 2 86,751 33 31 - -
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Total 624,349 14,786 2,133,202 36,252 8,833 - 782
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%Steers 48.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 26, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 500.5 Cattle 1,330 803
Steers 873
Heifers 809
Cows 618
Bulls 875
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 250 146
Pork 442.3 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 306
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 947.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 624,349
Steers 305,388 48.9
Heifers 183,560 29.4
Dairy cows 64,651 10.4
Other cows 60,953 9.8
Bulls 9,797 1.6
Calves Total 14,786
Hogs Total 2,133,202
Barrows and gilts 2,069,565 97.0
Sows 57,321 2.7
Boars 6,316 0.3
Sheep Total 36,252
Mature sheep 1,956 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 34,296 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 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 59,491 36,233 79.3 10,644 12,492 19.2
Tuesday 61,489 38,677 79.1 12,998 11,646 19.5
Wednesday 59,407 36,564 78.1 13,370 11,666 20.4
Thursday 63,916 35,830 79.5 12,387 11,408 19.0
Friday 59,860 35,277 77.9 13,510 11,344 20.4
Saturday 1,225 979 33.5 1,742 2,397 63.0
Total 305,388 183,560 78.3 64,651 60,953 20.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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