Actual slaughter under federal inspection-09.03.13
22/03/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 9, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,070 3,191 429,596 8,550 2,468 - 74
Tuesday 120,882 2,973 426,268 9,253 1,605 - 209
Wednesday 116,237 3,179 429,091 7,812 927 - 179
Thursday 121,270 2,503 427,198 8,236 2,227 - 294
Friday 110,089 3,395 420,363 7,131 1,694 - 180
Saturday 10,786 2 65,800 1,083 20 - -
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Total 598,334 15,243 2,198,316 42,065 8,941 - 936
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%Steers 48.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.7
%Cows 20.7 %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, March 9, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 474.4 Cattle 1,320 795
Steers 860
Heifers 802
Cows 624
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 251 147
Pork 456.4 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 305
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 145 73
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 936.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 9, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 598,334
Steers 287,638 48.1
Heifers 177,613 29.7
Dairy cows 66,294 11.1
Other cows 57,431 9.6
Bulls 9,358 1.6
Calves Total 15,243
Hogs Total 2,198,316
Barrows and gilts 2,135,137 97.1
Sows 56,950 2.6
Boars 6,229 0.3
Sheep Total 42,065
Mature sheep 1,978 4.7
Lambs and yearlings 40,087 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 61,144 33,432 79.4 10,897 11,695 19.0
Tuesday 60,665 34,830 79.0 13,334 10,406 19.6
Wednesday 52,443 36,713 76.7 13,410 11,886 21.8
Thursday 57,607 38,145 79.0 12,402 11,272 19.5
Friday 51,498 31,510 75.4 14,304 10,776 22.8
Saturday 4,281 2,983 67.3 1,947 1,396 31.0
Total 287,638 177,613 77.8 66,294 57,431 20.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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