Actual slaughter under federal inspection-22.06.13
05/07/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 22, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,315 3,041 389,931 9,617 2,534 - 99
Tuesday 122,065 3,038 391,741 8,899 2,043 - 218
Wednesday 124,147 3,194 404,255 7,802 1,552 - 225
Thursday 123,943 1,913 398,973 8,211 2,295 - 277
Friday 123,218 2,629 392,128 7,092 1,647 - 118
Saturday 43,014 3 1,101 35 22 - -
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Total 659,702 13,818 1,978,129 41,656 10,093 - 937
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%Steers 53.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 18.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 22, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 523.4 Cattle 1,305 795
Steers 854
Heifers 783
Cows 625
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 250 147
Pork 404.9 Hogs 274 205
Barrows and gilts 202
Sows 307
Boars 214
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 933.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 22, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 659,702
Steers 352,613 53.5
Heifers 176,619 26.8
Dairy cows 53,732 8.1
Other cows 65,299 9.9
Bulls 11,439 1.7
Calves Total 13,818
Hogs Total 1,978,129
Barrows and gilts 1,915,261 96.8
Sows 56,263 2.8
Boars 6,605 0.3
Sheep Total 41,656
Mature sheep 2,347 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 39,309 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 22, 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 65,217 33,794 80.3 8,598 13,374 17.8
Tuesday 64,293 31,134 78.2 11,122 13,394 20.1
Wednesday 67,023 31,434 79.3 11,164 12,360 18.9
Thursday 67,802 32,087 80.6 10,366 11,747 17.8
Friday 65,577 32,538 79.6 11,077 11,719 18.5
Saturday 22,701 15,632 89.1 1,405 2,705 9.6
Total 352,613 176,619 80.2 53,732 65,299 18.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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