Actual slaughter under federal inspection-31.08.13
13/09/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 31, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,499 3,386 425,673 9,388 3,437 - 142
Tuesday 125,224 2,902 432,451 8,602 2,021 - 244
Wednesday 123,308 2,893 432,830 8,603 1,384 - 222
Thursday 125,394 2,563 430,719 7,935 2,042 - 189
Friday 122,936 2,929 423,666 7,183 2,221 - 116
Saturday 19,705 268 62,862 46 33 - -
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Total 633,066 14,941 2,208,201 41,757 11,138 - 913
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%Steers 49.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 19.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 2.0
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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 31, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 504.2 Cattle 1,312 798
Steers 867
Heifers 792
Cows 616
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 239 140
Pork 447.9 Hogs 271 203
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 301
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 956.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 31, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 633,066
Steers 313,094 49.5
Heifers 187,223 29.6
Dairy cows 62,645 9.9
Other cows 57,494 9.1
Bulls 12,610 2.0
Calves Total 14,941
Hogs Total 2,208,201
Barrows and gilts 2,146,099 97.2
Sows 55,932 2.5
Boars 6,170 0.3
Sheep Total 41,757
Mature sheep 2,376 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 39,381 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 31, 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 58,282 34,569 79.7 9,447 11,700 18.2
Tuesday 59,642 38,519 78.4 12,853 11,759 19.7
Wednesday 61,051 36,588 79.2 12,555 10,960 19.1
Thursday 60,878 37,781 78.7 12,676 11,434 19.2
Friday 62,710 33,884 78.6 13,207 10,556 19.3
Saturday 10,531 5,882 83.3 1,907 1,085 15.2
Total 313,094 187,223 79.0 62,645 57,494 19.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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