Actual slaughter under federal inspection-04.05.13
17/05/2013
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 4, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,237 3,281 416,067 10,724 3,016 - 152
Tuesday 125,182 2,555 416,124 11,801 2,079 - 163
Wednesday 124,630 2,622 415,747 10,541 1,189 - 203
Thursday 117,708 2,156 410,025 9,888 2,328 - 273
Friday 117,539 2,146 398,761 7,201 2,160 - 58
Saturday 17,962 180 33,909 168 29 - -
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Total 622,258 12,940 2,090,633 50,323 10,801 - 849
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%Steers 50.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 27.9 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 20.2 %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, May 4, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 482.8 Cattle 1,288 778
Steers 839
Heifers 772
Cows 622
Bulls 891
Calves and veal 1.9 Calves 255 150
Pork 432.4 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 306
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 3.3 Sheep 130 66
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 920.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 4, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 622,258
Steers 311,222 50.0
Heifers 173,653 27.9
Dairy cows 55,758 9.0
Other cows 70,132 11.3
Bulls 11,493 1.8
Calves Total 12,940
Hogs Total 2,090,633
Barrows and gilts 2,031,179 97.2
Sows 53,057 2.5
Boars 6,397 0.3
Sheep Total 50,323
Mature sheep 3,304 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 47,019 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 4, 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 59,544 35,585 79.8 8,783 13,064 18.3
Tuesday 66,071 32,252 78.5 11,062 13,544 19.7
Wednesday 65,797 32,173 78.6 11,545 13,227 19.9
Thursday 55,627 35,554 77.5 10,687 13,409 20.5
Friday 55,310 34,765 76.6 12,440 12,807 21.5
Saturday 8,873 3,324 67.9 1,241 4,081 29.6
Total 311,222 173,653 77.9 55,758 70,132 20.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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