Actual slaughter under federal inspection-16.02.13
01/03/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 16, 2013
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday 118,685 3,294 415,685 8,738 1,848 - 64
Tuesday 120,648 2,646 418,221 7,985 2,107 - 172
Wednesday 114,236 2,968 422,445 6,951 1,016 - 202
Thursday 117,558 2,256 415,928 8,273 1,653 - 286
Friday 111,589 2,614 409,739 6,140 2,149 - 128
Saturday 13,091 - 57,297 35 39 - -
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 595,807 13,778 2,139,315 38,122 8,812 - 852
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%Steers 47.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 30.6 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 20.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 16, 2013
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 476.7 Cattle 1,325 802
Steers 870
Heifers 810
Cows 625
Bulls 880
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 272 160
Pork 443.3 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 309
Boars 212
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 72
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total meat
production 925.0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 16, 2013
------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Percent
Species head of total
------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle Total 595,807
Steers 282,371 47.4
Heifers 182,203 30.6
Dairy cows 65,600 11.0
Other cows 56,273 9.4
Bulls 9,360 1.6
Calves Total 13,778
Hogs Total 2,139,315
Barrows and gilts 2,075,274 97.0
Sows 56,691 2.6
Boars 7,350 0.3
Sheep Total 38,122
Mature sheep 2,418 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 35,704 93.7
------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 16, 2013
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of head slaughtered
------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday 55,769 38,410 79.4 10,486 12,345 19.2
Tuesday 57,600 37,433 78.8 13,019 10,532 19.5
Wednesday 54,645 33,025 76.7 13,685 11,122 21.7
Thursday 56,419 35,808 78.5 13,170 10,491 20.1
Friday 52,743 32,636 76.5 13,599 10,516 21.6
Saturday 5,195 4,891 77.0 1,641 1,267 22.2
Total 282,371 182,203 78.0 65,600 56,273 20.5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
Share this story:
