Actual slaughter under federal inspection-20.07.13
02/08/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 20, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,321 3,317 399,352 9,068 2,711 - 233
Tuesday 123,879 3,220 403,480 9,277 2,202 - 207
Wednesday 125,602 3,084 405,933 8,090 1,667 - 362
Thursday 123,803 2,620 406,380 8,628 2,044 - 268
Friday 122,444 3,420 395,646 7,191 1,696 - 60
Saturday 39,197 - 1,312 32 24 - -
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Total 653,246 15,661 2,012,103 42,286 10,344 - 1,130
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%Steers 52.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 27.1 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.4
%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, July 20, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 520.2 Cattle 1,307 798
Steers 866
Heifers 782
Cows 619
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 230 135
Pork 407.7 Hogs 271 203
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 305
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 932.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 20, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 653,246
Steers 342,763 52.5
Heifers 177,326 27.1
Dairy cows 55,553 8.5
Other cows 65,904 10.1
Bulls 11,700 1.8
Calves Total 15,661
Hogs Total 2,012,103
Barrows and gilts 1,948,300 96.8
Sows 56,398 2.8
Boars 7,405 0.4
Sheep Total 42,286
Mature sheep 2,449 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 39,837 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 20, 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 64,105 30,057 79.6 8,757 13,093 18.5
Tuesday 61,456 35,717 78.4 11,337 13,149 19.8
Wednesday 67,526 31,472 78.8 11,261 13,237 19.5
Thursday 63,851 34,690 79.6 9,990 12,893 18.5
Friday 63,958 33,016 79.2 12,270 10,887 18.9
Saturday 21,867 12,374 87.4 1,938 2,645 11.7
Total 342,763 177,326 79.6 55,553 65,904 18.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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