Actual slaughter under federal inspection-24.08.13
06/09/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 24, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,477 3,058 423,629 9,381 2,920 - 190
Tuesday 124,581 3,183 431,532 9,269 2,221 - 152
Wednesday 123,258 2,984 430,074 7,508 1,447 - 187
Thursday 124,053 2,102 424,928 8,753 1,822 - 314
Friday 120,436 2,814 427,833 6,912 1,877 - 56
Saturday 24,010 - 65,591 1,407 25 - -
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Total 635,815 14,141 2,203,587 43,230 10,312 - 899
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%Steers 50.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 18.0 %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 24, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 506.8 Cattle 1,312 799
Steers 866
Heifers 790
Cows 614
Bulls 877
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 242 143
Pork 447.5 Hogs 271 203
Barrows and gilts 201
Sows 300
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 959.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 24, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 635,815
Steers 321,026 50.5
Heifers 188,364 29.6
Dairy cows 58,743 9.2
Other cows 55,792 8.8
Bulls 11,890 1.9
Calves Total 14,141
Hogs Total 2,203,587
Barrows and gilts 2,141,422 97.2
Sows 54,645 2.5
Boars 7,520 0.3
Sheep Total 43,230
Mature sheep 2,387 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 40,843 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 24, 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 60,522 36,623 81.3 8,311 11,549 16.6
Tuesday 64,847 34,435 79.7 12,529 10,486 18.5
Wednesday 65,603 32,881 79.9 11,652 11,086 18.4
Thursday 62,313 36,920 80.0 11,082 11,370 18.1
Friday 55,530 40,248 79.5 12,696 9,456 18.4
Saturday 12,211 7,257 81.1 2,473 1,845 18.0
Total 321,026 188,364 80.1 58,743 55,792 18.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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