Actual slaughter under federal inspection-11.05.13
24/05/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 11, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,558 2,987 399,707 9,019 2,839 - 187
Tuesday 123,570 2,667 414,960 8,924 1,604 - 28
Wednesday 123,454 2,382 413,333 7,328 1,644 - 239
Thursday 118,846 2,027 409,563 7,542 2,073 - 218
Friday 117,234 2,513 403,654 7,141 1,818 - 113
Saturday 23,494 181 42,567 47 46 - -
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Total 629,156 12,757 2,083,784 40,001 10,024 - 785
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%Steers 51.7 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 19.7 %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 11, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 489.9 Cattle 1,290 780
Steers 842
Heifers 773
Cows 617
Bulls 892
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 262 154
Pork 431.0 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 308
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 925.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 11, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 629,156
Steers 325,452 51.7
Heifers 168,635 26.8
Dairy cows 55,474 8.8
Other cows 68,363 10.9
Bulls 11,232 1.8
Calves Total 12,757
Hogs Total 2,083,784
Barrows and gilts 2,017,843 96.8
Sows 58,935 2.8
Boars 7,006 0.3
Sheep Total 40,001
Mature sheep 2,294 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 37,707 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 11, 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 60,262 37,327 79.6 8,535 14,407 18.7
Tuesday 65,657 31,025 78.2 11,735 12,989 20.0
Wednesday 67,865 29,649 79.0 11,460 12,572 19.5
Thursday 58,449 33,808 77.6 10,041 14,094 20.3
Friday 59,798 30,942 77.4 12,376 11,883 20.7
Saturday 13,421 5,884 82.2 1,327 2,418 15.9
Total 325,452 168,635 78.5 55,474 68,363 19.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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