Actual slaughter under federal inspection-13.07.13
26/07/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 13, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,436 3,253 406,906 10,046 3,321 - 139
Tuesday 121,213 3,068 401,022 9,575 2,870 - 267
Wednesday 124,196 3,435 407,428 8,094 2,056 - 174
Thursday 124,975 2,452 408,310 9,434 2,356 - 225
Friday 122,257 3,197 401,352 7,773 2,241 - 150
Saturday 26,705 - 16,755 51 34 - -
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Total 640,782 15,405 2,041,773 44,973 12,878 - 955
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%Steers 51.3 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 28.3 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 18.9 %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, July 13, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 507.4 Cattle 1,303 793
Steers 862
Heifers 782
Cows 616
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 227 133
Pork 415.8 Hogs 272 204
Barrows and gilts 201
Sows 304
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 928.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 13, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 640,782
Steers 328,519 51.3
Heifers 181,262 28.3
Dairy cows 56,572 8.8
Other cows 64,462 10.1
Bulls 9,967 1.6
Calves Total 15,405
Hogs Total 2,041,773
Barrows and gilts 1,977,124 96.8
Sows 57,637 2.8
Boars 7,012 0.3
Sheep Total 44,973
Mature sheep 2,645 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 42,328 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 13, 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 67,939 31,773 82.1 7,136 13,204 16.7
Tuesday 60,556 34,781 78.7 12,344 11,851 20.0
Wednesday 61,367 36,040 78.4 12,364 12,433 20.0
Thursday 65,220 33,695 79.1 11,289 12,623 19.1
Friday 61,295 34,539 78.4 12,372 11,686 19.7
Saturday 12,142 10,434 84.5 1,067 2,665 14.0
Total 328,519 181,262 79.6 56,572 64,462 18.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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