Actual slaughter under federal inspection-18.05.13
31/05/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 18, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,751 2,196 398,794 9,129 2,639 - 150
Tuesday 124,202 2,377 411,239 8,717 1,866 - 227
Wednesday 124,444 2,365 413,339 7,248 1,206 - 204
Thursday 126,115 2,193 404,599 8,376 2,304 - 266
Friday 125,241 2,958 390,930 6,924 1,492 - 180
Saturday 30,879 91 18,381 1,236 28 - -
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Total 653,632 12,180 2,037,282 41,630 9,535 - 1,027
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%Steers 50.9 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 92.7
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 7.3
%Cows 19.1 %Boars 0.4
%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 18, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 508.9 Cattle 1,286 780
Steers 843
Heifers 770
Cows 617
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 272 161
Pork 420.3 Hogs 276 206
Barrows and gilts 203
Sows 310
Boars 221
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 147 74
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 934.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 18, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 653,632
Steers 332,763 50.9
Heifers 184,596 28.2
Dairy cows 54,122 8.3
Other cows 70,547 10.8
Bulls 11,604 1.8
Calves Total 12,180
Hogs Total 2,037,282
Barrows and gilts 1,973,750 96.9
Sows 55,990 2.7
Boars 7,542 0.4
Sheep Total 41,630
Mature sheep 3,022 7.3
Lambs and yearlings 38,608 92.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 18, 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 60,716 38,255 80.6 8,524 13,289 17.8
Tuesday 64,875 32,530 78.4 11,083 13,307 19.6
Wednesday 64,625 33,420 78.8 11,119 13,002 19.4
Thursday 66,294 33,396 79.0 10,373 13,823 19.2
Friday 62,289 35,564 78.1 11,466 13,560 20.0
Saturday 13,964 11,431 82.2 1,557 3,566 16.6
Total 332,763 184,596 79.2 54,122 70,547 19.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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