Actual slaughter under federal inspection-20.04.13
03/05/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 20, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,842 3,153 412,480 8,592 2,815 - 98
Tuesday 121,042 2,416 421,529 8,166 1,554 - 167
Wednesday 120,515 2,902 420,510 7,622 1,384 - 151
Thursday 119,129 1,623 416,998 7,293 1,909 - 306
Friday 115,944 2,276 408,587 5,902 1,291 - 96
Saturday 17,562 57 59,787 30 17 - -
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Total 615,034 12,427 2,139,891 37,605 8,970 - 818
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%Steers 48.1 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.2
%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, April 20, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 479.5 Cattle 1,295 781
Steers 844
Heifers 782
Cows 623
Bulls 877
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 276 163
Pork 444.5 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 305
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 145 72
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 73
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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, April 20, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 615,034
Steers 295,727 48.1
Heifers 183,567 29.8
Dairy cows 62,323 10.1
Other cows 63,035 10.2
Bulls 10,382 1.7
Calves Total 12,427
Hogs Total 2,139,891
Barrows and gilts 2,073,954 96.9
Sows 58,835 2.7
Boars 7,102 0.3
Sheep Total 37,605
Mature sheep 2,335 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 35,270 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 20, 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 62,359 34,045 79.8 10,083 12,345 18.6
Tuesday 61,179 33,223 78.0 12,385 12,208 20.3
Wednesday 58,329 35,420 77.8 12,968 11,837 20.6
Thursday 55,509 37,327 77.9 11,600 12,692 20.4
Friday 51,474 37,793 77.0 13,010 11,580 21.2
Saturday 6,877 5,759 72.0 2,277 2,373 26.5
Total 295,727 183,567 77.9 62,323 63,035 20.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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