Actual slaughter under federal inspection-10.08.13
23/08/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 10, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,360 3,320 365,529 10,676 4,215 - 135
Tuesday 121,434 2,822 422,025 9,816 3,097 - 147
Wednesday 122,713 3,091 421,349 8,438 2,556 - 276
Thursday 121,184 2,292 415,244 8,073 903 - 221
Friday 120,933 2,980 379,081 7,232 1,507 - 50
Saturday 25,866 - 21,315 74 20 - -
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Total 628,490 14,505 2,024,543 44,309 12,298 - 829
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%Steers 52.6 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 27.9 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 17.7 %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 10, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 502.9 Cattle 1,315 802
Steers 867
Heifers 789
Cows 619
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 238 140
Pork 410.4 Hogs 271 203
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 300
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 918.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 10, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 628,490
Steers 330,505 52.6
Heifers 175,271 27.9
Dairy cows 58,781 9.4
Other cows 52,712 8.4
Bulls 11,221 1.8
Calves Total 14,505
Hogs Total 2,024,543
Barrows and gilts 1,962,399 96.9
Sows 55,182 2.7
Boars 6,962 0.3
Sheep Total 44,309
Mature sheep 2,487 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 41,822 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 10, 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 60,348 33,671 80.8 8,542 11,415 17.2
Tuesday 62,865 34,277 80.0 12,853 9,509 18.4
Wednesday 66,799 31,178 79.8 12,079 10,599 18.5
Thursday 60,061 36,367 79.6 11,107 11,225 18.4
Friday 65,806 30,748 79.8 13,099 9,025 18.3
Saturday 14,626 9,030 91.5 1,101 939 7.9
Total 330,505 175,271 80.5 58,781 52,712 17.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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