Actual slaughter under federal inspection-30.03.13
12/04/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 30, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 105,558 3,019 417,949 8,411 3,349 - 53
Tuesday 119,838 2,934 430,128 10,033 2,869 - 274
Wednesday 118,432 2,751 428,251 9,385 2,113 - 226
Thursday 120,509 2,209 429,709 9,355 2,035 - 251
Friday 114,813 3,320 399,421 6,456 1,738 - 135
Saturday 18,636 - 82,005 41 29 - -
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Total 597,786 14,233 2,187,463 43,681 12,133 - 939
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%Steers 48.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.1
%Cows 20.1 %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 30, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 470.1 Cattle 1,308 788
Steers 851
Heifers 792
Cows 621
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 244 143
Pork 453.6 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 302
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 928.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 30, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 597,786
Steers 289,950 48.5
Heifers 177,270 29.7
Dairy cows 62,977 10.5
Other cows 57,198 9.6
Bulls 10,391 1.7
Calves Total 14,233
Hogs Total 2,187,463
Barrows and gilts 2,123,304 97.1
Sows 57,906 2.6
Boars 6,253 0.3
Sheep Total 43,681
Mature sheep 2,246 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 41,435 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 30, 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 53,239 26,360 75.4 10,718 13,042 22.5
Tuesday 53,839 39,093 77.5 13,432 11,466 20.8
Wednesday 56,092 36,961 78.6 12,808 10,663 19.8
Thursday 59,070 36,385 79.2 12,108 11,017 19.2
Friday 60,052 29,704 78.2 13,047 9,823 19.9
Saturday 7,658 8,767 88.1 864 1,187 11.0
Total 289,950 177,270 78.2 62,977 57,198 20.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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