Actual slaughter under federal inspection-23.02.13
08/03/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 108,397 3,028 382,554 5,933 838 - 26
Tuesday 120,553 3,432 423,371 8,766 2,606 - 188
Wednesday 121,212 3,077 420,933 7,514 1,160 - 216
Thursday 92,856 2,263 401,618 8,440 1,975 - 144
Friday 101,328 3,174 402,804 6,666 1,617 - 127
Saturday 23,745 - 37,485 33 17 - -
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Total 568,091 14,974 2,068,765 37,352 8,213 - 701
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%Steers 48.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 92.6
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 7.4
%Cows 21.0 %Boars 0.4
%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, February 23, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 452.6 Cattle 1,322 799
Steers 867
Heifers 807
Cows 621
Bulls 884
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 244 141
Pork 428.7 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 306
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 145 73
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 886.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 568,091
Steers 274,795 48.4
Heifers 164,606 29.0
Dairy cows 64,369 11.3
Other cows 54,898 9.7
Bulls 9,423 1.7
Calves Total 14,974
Hogs Total 2,068,765
Barrows and gilts 2,006,208 97.0
Sows 55,249 2.7
Boars 7,308 0.4
Sheep Total 37,352
Mature sheep 2,759 7.4
Lambs and yearlings 34,593 92.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 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 52,642 32,473 78.5 10,005 11,505 19.8
Tuesday 62,044 33,446 79.2 13,030 10,352 19.4
Wednesday 60,098 34,268 77.9 13,333 11,505 20.5
Thursday 43,541 25,524 74.4 12,676 9,472 23.9
Friday 46,231 30,768 76.0 12,761 9,568 22.0
Saturday 10,239 8,127 77.3 2,564 2,496 21.3
Total 274,795 164,606 77.3 64,369 54,898 21.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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