Actual slaughter under federal inspection-29.06.13
12/07/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 29, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,142 3,039 393,422 9,454 2,755 - 184
Tuesday 123,559 3,031 402,027 8,986 1,858 - 175
Wednesday 123,189 3,112 410,401 7,420 1,454 - 245
Thursday 125,314 2,067 407,953 8,450 2,286 - 200
Friday 125,912 3,169 393,692 7,545 1,740 - 98
Saturday 43,986 - 11,591 41 19 - -
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Total 654,102 14,418 2,019,086 41,896 10,112 - 902
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%Steers 52.6 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 28.1 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 17.6 %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 29, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 518.7 Cattle 1,302 795
Steers 855
Heifers 783
Cows 620
Bulls 888
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 249 147
Pork 411.6 Hogs 273 204
Barrows and gilts 201
Sows 305
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 935.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 29, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 654,102
Steers 344,203 52.6
Heifers 183,900 28.1
Dairy cows 53,660 8.2
Other cows 61,193 9.4
Bulls 11,146 1.7
Calves Total 14,418
Hogs Total 2,019,086
Barrows and gilts 1,957,247 96.9
Sows 55,157 2.7
Boars 6,682 0.3
Sheep Total 41,896
Mature sheep 2,520 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 39,376 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 29, 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 59,021 29,925 79.3 7,994 13,048 18.8
Tuesday 63,037 35,408 79.7 11,806 11,387 18.8
Wednesday 63,931 33,435 79.0 11,124 12,491 19.2
Thursday 67,106 33,584 80.4 10,102 12,234 17.8
Friday 65,494 34,938 79.8 11,534 11,485 18.3
Saturday 25,614 16,610 96.0 1,100 548 3.7
Total 344,203 183,900 80.7 53,660 61,193 17.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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