Actual slaughter under federal inspection-01.06.13
14/06/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 1, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 4,209 801 1,095 495 162 - -
Tuesday 124,741 2,890 425,457 10,291 2,928 - 260
Wednesday 126,933 3,172 427,203 9,192 1,897 - 110
Thursday 126,834 2,157 425,122 8,374 1,919 - 284
Friday 125,991 2,890 416,377 7,359 1,754 - 108
Saturday 86,405 - 178,086 182 38 - -
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Total 595,113 11,910 1,873,340 35,893 8,698 - 762
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%Steers 52.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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, June 1, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 468.9 Cattle 1,299 789
Steers 850
Heifers 780
Cows 622
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 1.8 Calves 252 149
Pork 387.1 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 307
Boars 210
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 860.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 1, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 595,113
Steers 311,996 52.4
Heifers 164,624 27.7
Dairy cows 47,799 8.0
Other cows 61,431 10.3
Bulls 9,263 1.6
Calves Total 11,910
Hogs Total 1,873,340
Barrows and gilts 1,817,011 97.0
Sows 51,319 2.7
Boars 5,010 0.3
Sheep Total 35,893
Mature sheep 2,293 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 33,600 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 1, 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 1,126 574 40.4 902 1,336 53.2
Tuesday 60,371 37,358 78.3 9,940 14,939 19.9
Wednesday 71,306 28,919 79.0 11,473 13,365 19.6
Thursday 64,067 36,542 79.3 10,807 13,201 18.9
Friday 60,592 37,847 78.1 12,275 13,047 20.1
Saturday 54,534 23,384 90.2 2,402 5,543 9.2
Total 311,996 164,624 80.1 47,799 61,431 18.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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