Actual slaughter under federal inspection-02.02.13
15/02/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 2, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,528 3,392 407,456 8,408 2,548 - 45
Tuesday 122,852 2,966 414,860 7,037 1,542 - 123
Wednesday 121,148 3,157 418,369 6,806 1,503 - 211
Thursday 119,147 2,175 420,254 8,087 1,556 - 252
Friday 120,567 3,306 415,890 6,215 1,479 - 137
Saturday 10,432 - 91,740 30 48 - -
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Total 618,674 14,996 2,168,569 36,583 8,676 - 768
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%Steers 49.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.1
%Cows 19.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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, February 2, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 496.1 Cattle 1,327 804
Steers 872
Heifers 808
Cows 620
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 257 151
Pork 448.6 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 305
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 949.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 2, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 618,674
Steers 305,826 49.4
Heifers 180,310 29.1
Dairy cows 63,179 10.2
Other cows 60,071 9.7
Bulls 9,288 1.5
Calves Total 14,996
Hogs Total 2,168,569
Barrows and gilts 2,105,834 97.1
Sows 55,286 2.5
Boars 7,449 0.3
Sheep Total 36,583
Mature sheep 1,864 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 34,719 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 2, 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 58,892 40,600 79.9 9,375 13,579 18.4
Tuesday 61,501 35,578 79.0 12,935 11,328 19.7
Wednesday 58,369 35,932 77.8 13,482 11,684 20.8
Thursday 62,888 30,215 78.1 12,925 11,332 20.4
Friday 59,209 34,888 78.0 13,494 10,924 20.3
Saturday 4,967 3,097 77.3 968 1,224 21.0
Total 305,826 180,310 78.6 63,179 60,071 19.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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