Actual slaughter under federal inspection-16.03.13
02/04/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 16, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,375 3,238 409,090 9,398 2,790 - 59
Tuesday 119,915 2,690 426,311 8,622 2,401 - 175
Wednesday 121,483 3,239 428,985 8,127 1,152 - 211
Thursday 122,176 2,466 424,197 9,116 2,056 - 197
Friday 118,596 2,845 419,465 7,264 1,915 - 110
Saturday 8,224 - 86,235 1,393 76 - -
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Total 607,769 14,478 2,194,283 43,920 10,390 - 752
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%Steers 47.0 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 20.4 %Boars 0.3
%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, March 16, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 480.9 Cattle 1,317 793
Steers 856
Heifers 799
Cows 629
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 259 152
Pork 455.6 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 306
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 941.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 16, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 607,769
Steers 285,912 47.0
Heifers 187,550 30.9
Dairy cows 65,261 10.7
Other cows 58,661 9.7
Bulls 10,385 1.7
Calves Total 14,478
Hogs Total 2,194,283
Barrows and gilts 2,126,293 96.9
Sows 60,531 2.8
Boars 7,459 0.3
Sheep Total 43,920
Mature sheep 2,202 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 41,718 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 16, 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 55,551 37,520 79.3 10,415 11,842 19.0
Tuesday 56,338 38,049 78.7 13,274 10,328 19.7
Wednesday 59,139 35,188 77.6 13,543 11,761 20.8
Thursday 56,136 39,073 77.9 13,003 11,757 20.3
Friday 54,956 36,442 77.1 13,683 11,344 21.1
Saturday 3,792 1,278 61.6 1,343 1,629 36.1
Total 285,912 187,550 77.9 65,261 58,661 20.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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