Actual slaughter under federal inspection-13.04.13
26/04/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 13, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,203 3,054 410,028 7,470 2,307 - 162
Tuesday 122,246 2,573 411,703 8,104 1,793 - 127
Wednesday 121,788 2,732 399,004 7,849 1,588 - 225
Thursday 124,490 1,935 399,225 7,830 1,749 - 227
Friday 114,702 2,758 391,632 6,498 1,562 - 153
Saturday 10,715 - 66,590 43 48 - -
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Total 607,144 13,052 2,078,182 37,794 9,047 - 894
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%Steers 48.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 20.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 13, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 476.6 Cattle 1,301 787
Steers 851
Heifers 788
Cows 625
Bulls 888
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 263 155
Pork 431.7 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 305
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 148 74
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 913.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 13, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 607,144
Steers 296,884 48.9
Heifers 172,234 28.4
Dairy cows 63,922 10.5
Other cows 62,914 10.4
Bulls 11,190 1.8
Calves Total 13,052
Hogs Total 2,078,182
Barrows and gilts 2,015,509 97.0
Sows 55,737 2.7
Boars 6,936 0.3
Sheep Total 37,794
Mature sheep 2,296 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 35,498 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 13, 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 53,483 34,379 77.6 10,924 12,235 20.5
Tuesday 66,210 29,746 78.5 12,429 11,724 19.8
Wednesday 60,592 33,830 77.5 12,712 12,579 20.8
Thursday 59,190 38,416 78.4 12,284 12,380 19.8
Friday 53,489 34,145 76.4 13,087 11,610 21.5
Saturday 3,920 1,718 52.6 2,486 2,386 45.5
Total 296,884 172,234 77.3 63,922 62,914 20.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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