Actual slaughter under federal inspection-03.08.13
16/08/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 3, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,508 3,353 355,136 9,929 3,243 - 148
Tuesday 124,279 3,107 410,923 8,992 2,532 - 234
Wednesday 123,484 3,808 409,599 7,942 1,954 - 215
Thursday 118,579 2,365 413,121 9,613 2,267 - 256
Friday 117,314 3,140 401,530 7,752 1,824 - 215
Saturday 20,979 1 37,070 45 47 - -
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Total 622,143 15,774 2,027,379 44,273 11,867 - 1,068
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%Steers 51.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 18.9 %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, August 3, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 494.6 Cattle 1,308 797
Steers 866
Heifers 786
Cows 614
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 232 136
Pork 411.5 Hogs 271 203
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 303
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 911.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 3, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 622,143
Steers 320,311 51.5
Heifers 172,993 27.8
Dairy cows 60,656 9.7
Other cows 56,970 9.2
Bulls 11,213 1.8
Calves Total 15,774
Hogs Total 2,027,379
Barrows and gilts 1,962,502 96.8
Sows 58,023 2.9
Boars 6,854 0.3
Sheep Total 44,273
Mature sheep 2,413 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 41,860 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 3, 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 57,058 37,517 80.5 8,832 11,869 17.6
Tuesday 63,727 34,100 78.7 12,804 11,300 19.4
Wednesday 63,324 34,606 79.3 12,679 10,806 19.0
Thursday 62,891 30,357 78.6 11,501 11,535 19.4
Friday 62,731 30,160 79.2 13,203 9,288 19.2
Saturday 10,580 6,253 80.2 1,637 2,172 18.2
Total 320,311 172,993 79.3 60,656 56,970 18.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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