Actual slaughter under federal inspection-27.07.13
09/08/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 27, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,684 3,305 394,668 8,882 2,635 - 253
Tuesday 121,377 3,455 399,817 8,818 2,234 - 151
Wednesday 121,000 3,329 401,235 8,082 1,678 - 264
Thursday 122,921 2,436 400,387 8,479 1,909 - 220
Friday 123,494 3,548 393,609 7,095 1,943 - 58
Saturday 32,447 - 682 25 11 - -
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Total 639,923 16,073 1,990,398 41,381 10,410 - 946
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%Steers 51.1 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 18.3 %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, July 27, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 508.0 Cattle 1,304 795
Steers 862
Heifers 782
Cows 620
Bulls 886
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 226 132
Pork 403.5 Hogs 271 203
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 302
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 137 68
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 916.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 27, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 639,923
Steers 326,761 51.1
Heifers 184,780 28.9
Dairy cows 57,170 8.9
Other cows 59,924 9.4
Bulls 11,288 1.8
Calves Total 16,073
Hogs Total 1,990,398
Barrows and gilts 1,928,487 96.9
Sows 55,285 2.8
Boars 6,626 0.3
Sheep Total 41,381
Mature sheep 2,351 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 39,030 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 27, 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 61,484 35,167 81.4 7,454 12,197 16.6
Tuesday 62,650 33,162 78.9 12,743 10,567 19.2
Wednesday 62,012 32,267 77.9 11,893 12,855 20.5
Thursday 61,894 34,878 78.7 11,605 12,270 19.4
Friday 59,959 37,873 79.2 12,233 11,147 18.9
Saturday 18,762 11,433 93.1 1,242 888 6.6
Total 326,761 184,780 79.9 57,170 59,924 18.3
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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