Actual slaughter under federal inspection-25.05.13
07/06/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 25, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,688 2,901 412,171 9,733 2,623 - 198
Tuesday 126,156 2,591 415,234 8,731 1,821 - 262
Wednesday 125,618 2,538 412,294 7,699 1,585 - 279
Thursday 123,731 2,268 418,062 8,676 2,435 - 358
Friday 125,459 2,632 411,508 7,070 2,002 - 7
Saturday 27,650 - 3,016 43 24 - -
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Total 653,302 12,930 2,072,285 41,952 10,490 - 1,104
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%Steers 54.1 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 92.6
%Heifers 24.8 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 7.4
%Cows 19.3 %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 25, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 511.8 Cattle 1,295 785
Steers 846
Heifers 771
Cows 621
Bulls 888
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 271 160
Pork 425.6 Hogs 275 205
Barrows and gilts 202
Sows 306
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 143 71
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 942.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 25, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 653,302
Steers 353,360 54.1
Heifers 162,127 24.8
Dairy cows 56,828 8.7
Other cows 69,161 10.6
Bulls 11,826 1.8
Calves Total 12,930
Hogs Total 2,072,285
Barrows and gilts 2,006,020 96.8
Sows 59,245 2.9
Boars 7,020 0.3
Sheep Total 41,952
Mature sheep 3,087 7.4
Lambs and yearlings 38,865 92.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 25, 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 61,658 37,757 79.7 8,348 14,858 18.6
Tuesday 67,848 31,923 79.1 11,332 12,680 19.0
Wednesday 69,087 29,655 78.6 11,111 13,470 19.6
Thursday 69,460 27,203 78.1 11,512 13,221 20.0
Friday 70,448 27,670 78.2 12,014 12,890 19.9
Saturday 14,859 7,919 82.4 2,511 2,042 16.5
Total 353,360 162,127 78.9 56,828 69,161 19.3
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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