Actual slaughter under federal inspection-23.03.13
05/04/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 23, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,174 3,254 427,858 9,586 3,006 - 39
Tuesday 119,982 2,852 426,853 9,171 2,411 - 176
Wednesday 120,361 2,956 426,945 8,140 1,066 - 225
Thursday 120,066 2,121 425,782 8,615 2,462 - 253
Friday 111,356 2,910 422,573 8,859 2,043 - 153
Saturday 12,320 303 48,562 2,064 251 - -
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Total 604,259 14,396 2,178,573 46,435 11,239 - 846
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%Steers 47.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 29.5 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 20.9 %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 23, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 478.1 Cattle 1,316 793
Steers 858
Heifers 799
Cows 627
Bulls 884
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 252 148
Pork 451.6 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 303
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 3.3 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 935.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 23, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 604,259
Steers 289,590 47.9
Heifers 177,976 29.5
Dairy cows 64,383 10.7
Other cows 61,836 10.2
Bulls 10,474 1.7
Calves Total 14,396
Hogs Total 2,178,573
Barrows and gilts 2,113,157 97.0
Sows 57,985 2.7
Boars 7,431 0.3
Sheep Total 46,435
Mature sheep 2,653 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 43,782 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 58,529 36,025 78.7 10,807 12,617 19.5
Tuesday 60,960 32,617 78.0 12,920 11,745 20.6
Wednesday 57,601 35,448 77.3 12,671 12,682 21.1
Thursday 56,348 37,257 78.0 12,340 11,980 20.3
Friday 49,983 34,639 76.0 13,459 11,017 22.0
Saturday 6,169 1,990 66.2 2,186 1,795 32.3
Total 289,590 177,976 77.4 64,383 61,836 20.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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