Actual slaughter under federal inspection-27.04.13
10/05/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 27, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,970 3,020 409,172 8,640 2,794 - 129
Tuesday 121,679 2,606 426,595 8,309 1,601 - 159
Wednesday 124,144 2,564 417,733 6,880 1,023 - 214
Thursday 122,759 1,754 423,193 8,191 1,826 - 201
Friday 115,476 2,441 410,634 7,837 1,826 - 106
Saturday 19,184 10 57,832 508 44 - -
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Total 625,212 12,395 2,145,159 40,365 9,114 - 809
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%Steers 50.0 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 20.2 %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 27, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 486.8 Cattle 1,296 780
Steers 840
Heifers 775
Cows 630
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 272 160
Pork 445.5 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 307
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 937.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 27, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 625,212
Steers 312,897 50.0
Heifers 175,034 28.0
Dairy cows 59,940 9.6
Other cows 66,531 10.6
Bulls 10,810 1.7
Calves Total 12,395
Hogs Total 2,145,159
Barrows and gilts 2,078,840 96.9
Sows 58,657 2.7
Boars 7,662 0.4
Sheep Total 40,365
Mature sheep 2,280 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 38,085 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 27, 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 59,747 37,542 79.8 9,309 13,358 18.6
Tuesday 61,027 34,686 78.7 12,377 11,446 19.6
Wednesday 60,720 36,001 77.9 12,013 13,339 20.4
Thursday 64,917 31,297 78.4 11,510 12,969 19.9
Friday 58,186 31,347 77.5 12,263 11,522 20.6
Saturday 8,300 4,161 65.0 2,468 3,897 33.2
Total 312,897 175,034 78.0 59,940 66,531 20.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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