Actual slaughter under federal inspection-09.02.13
22/02/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,612 3,721 412,855 9,037 2,390 - 52
Tuesday 120,255 2,934 422,798 6,166 1,539 - 196
Wednesday 119,367 2,590 425,141 6,840 1,468 - 152
Thursday 120,088 2,203 421,636 8,102 1,455 - 292
Friday 110,097 3,514 401,415 6,217 1,817 - 118
Saturday 8,302 - 57,560 7 12 - -
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Total 591,721 14,962 2,141,405 36,369 8,681 - 810
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%Steers 48.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 30.3 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 20.2 %Boars 0.4
%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, February 9, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 472.1 Cattle 1,324 800
Steers 868
Heifers 806
Cows 621
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 260 153
Pork 443.0 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 308
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 920.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 591,721
Steers 283,975 48.0
Heifers 179,128 30.3
Dairy cows 67,030 11.3
Other cows 52,413 8.9
Bulls 9,175 1.6
Calves Total 14,962
Hogs Total 2,141,405
Barrows and gilts 2,076,249 97.0
Sows 57,106 2.7
Boars 8,050 0.4
Sheep Total 36,369
Mature sheep 1,761 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 34,608 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 9, 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 54,947 34,713 78.9 10,809 11,097 19.3
Tuesday 60,315 35,259 79.5 13,503 9,612 19.2
Wednesday 56,957 37,018 78.7 13,997 9,724 19.9
Thursday 57,431 37,231 78.8 12,919 10,845 19.8
Friday 50,184 33,272 75.8 14,453 10,131 22.3
Saturday 4,141 1,635 69.6 1,349 1,004 28.3
Total 283,975 179,128 78.3 67,030 52,413 20.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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