Actual slaughter under federal inspection-06.04.13
19/04/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 6, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 107,686 2,579 291,893 7,989 2,799 - 2
Tuesday 120,343 3,184 426,415 7,932 1,803 - 131
Wednesday 118,718 2,983 424,968 6,998 1,314 - 172
Thursday 126,015 2,223 426,653 7,336 1,965 - 201
Friday 113,472 2,715 414,508 6,117 1,761 - 73
Saturday 10,499 1 112,223 36 35 - -
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Total 596,733 13,685 2,096,660 36,408 9,677 - 579
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%Steers 47.2 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 20.7 %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, April 6, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 468.3 Cattle 1,305 787
Steers 847
Heifers 795
Cows 627
Bulls 886
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 248 146
Pork 435.9 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 299
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 148 74
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 908.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 6, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 596,733
Steers 281,932 47.2
Heifers 181,350 30.4
Dairy cows 62,366 10.5
Other cows 60,902 10.2
Bulls 10,183 1.7
Calves Total 13,685
Hogs Total 2,096,660
Barrows and gilts 2,028,817 96.8
Sows 60,281 2.9
Boars 7,562 0.4
Sheep Total 36,408
Mature sheep 2,029 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 34,379 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 6, 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 47,999 36,148 78.1 8,848 12,586 19.9
Tuesday 58,401 36,618 79.0 11,869 11,546 19.5
Wednesday 55,078 35,927 76.7 13,302 12,490 21.7
Thursday 61,818 37,058 78.5 12,687 12,430 19.9
Friday 54,297 32,573 76.6 13,327 11,072 21.5
Saturday 4,339 3,026 70.1 2,333 778 29.6
Total 281,932 181,350 77.6 62,366 60,902 20.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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