Actual slaughter under federal inspection-17.08.13
30/08/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 17, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,915 3,476 420,090 9,614 2,573 - 153
Tuesday 122,824 2,889 419,123 9,214 2,475 - 215
Wednesday 123,271 2,822 427,923 7,212 1,349 - 203
Thursday 120,378 2,276 427,418 8,713 1,983 - 255
Friday 116,952 2,981 423,299 6,915 1,946 - 195
Saturday 26,811 4 66,662 967 23 - -
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Total 624,151 14,448 2,184,515 42,635 10,349 - 1,021
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%Steers 50.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.9
%Cows 17.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 17, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 497.6 Cattle 1,310 799
Steers 864
Heifers 791
Cows 616
Bulls 884
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 234 137
Pork 444.5 Hogs 272 204
Barrows and gilts 201
Sows 300
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 947.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 17, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 624,151
Steers 316,813 50.8
Heifers 183,742 29.4
Dairy cows 59,519 9.5
Other cows 52,310 8.4
Bulls 11,767 1.9
Calves Total 14,448
Hogs Total 2,184,515
Barrows and gilts 2,121,309 97.1
Sows 55,710 2.6
Boars 7,496 0.3
Sheep Total 42,635
Mature sheep 2,077 4.9
Lambs and yearlings 40,558 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 17, 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 56,432 35,232 80.5 9,312 10,431 17.3
Tuesday 61,499 36,471 79.8 12,899 9,845 18.5
Wednesday 61,884 35,710 79.2 12,625 10,812 19.0
Thursday 62,728 32,255 78.9 11,632 11,421 19.2
Friday 60,379 33,346 80.1 12,036 8,863 17.9
Saturday 13,891 10,728 91.8 1,015 938 7.3
Total 316,813 183,742 80.2 59,519 52,310 17.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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