Actual slaughter under federal inspection-15.06.13
28/06/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 15, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,253 2,992 393,116 9,672 3,045 - 148
Tuesday 124,979 2,861 403,546 8,685 1,975 - 226
Wednesday 119,211 3,312 404,488 6,092 1,428 - 168
Thursday 124,196 1,916 396,626 8,694 2,276 - 245
Friday 123,578 2,922 340,583 6,821 2,002 - 124
Saturday 30,271 - 11,438 78 32 - -
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Total 644,488 14,003 1,949,797 40,042 10,758 - 911
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%Steers 53.6 %Barrows & gilts 96.7 %Lambs & yearlings 93.3
%Heifers 25.9 %Sows 3.0 %Mature sheep 6.7
%Cows 18.7 %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, June 15, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 509.0 Cattle 1,301 791
Steers 853
Heifers 778
Cows 621
Bulls 894
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 247 145
Pork 399.6 Hogs 274 205
Barrows and gilts 202
Sows 308
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 913.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 15, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 644,488
Steers 345,663 53.6
Heifers 166,827 25.9
Dairy cows 55,335 8.6
Other cows 65,036 10.1
Bulls 11,627 1.8
Calves Total 14,003
Hogs Total 1,949,797
Barrows and gilts 1,885,248 96.7
Sows 58,004 3.0
Boars 6,545 0.3
Sheep Total 40,042
Mature sheep 2,681 6.7
Lambs and yearlings 37,361 93.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 15, 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 66,027 32,210 80.4 8,493 13,341 17.9
Tuesday 68,952 29,552 78.8 11,519 12,487 19.2
Wednesday 63,397 29,415 77.9 11,408 12,882 20.4
Thursday 63,979 34,959 79.7 10,834 12,192 18.5
Friday 66,452 31,698 79.4 11,188 11,771 18.6
Saturday 16,856 8,993 85.4 1,893 2,363 14.1
Total 345,663 166,827 79.5 55,335 65,036 18.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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