Actual slaughter under federal inspection-08.06.13
21/06/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 8, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,620 3,202 398,841 9,441 2,276 - 148
Tuesday 125,581 2,843 406,558 9,038 1,846 - 214
Wednesday 123,487 2,857 404,939 7,248 1,402 - 196
Thursday 125,972 2,288 398,651 9,145 2,293 - 255
Friday 124,181 2,733 396,466 7,210 1,820 - 139
Saturday 24,030 - 1,019 44 43 - -
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Total 647,871 13,923 2,006,474 42,126 9,680 - 952
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%Steers 52.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 27.1 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 19.0 %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, June 8, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 510.0 Cattle 1,299 789
Steers 853
Heifers 774
Cows 622
Bulls 893
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 251 148
Pork 411.7 Hogs 274 205
Barrows and gilts 203
Sows 307
Boars 212
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 926.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 8, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 647,871
Steers 337,538 52.1
Heifers 175,467 27.1
Dairy cows 55,070 8.5
Other cows 68,006 10.5
Bulls 11,790 1.8
Calves Total 13,923
Hogs Total 2,006,474
Barrows and gilts 1,948,907 97.1
Sows 50,653 2.5
Boars 6,914 0.3
Sheep Total 42,126
Mature sheep 2,883 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 39,243 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 8, 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 63,685 36,341 80.3 8,294 14,228 18.1
Tuesday 64,343 34,927 79.0 11,277 12,867 19.2
Wednesday 65,675 30,573 77.9 11,127 13,763 20.2
Thursday 65,698 33,298 78.6 11,295 13,241 19.5
Friday 64,877 32,454 78.4 12,429 11,955 19.6
Saturday 13,260 7,874 87.9 648 1,952 10.8
Total 337,538 175,467 79.2 55,070 68,006 19.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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