Actual slaughter under federal inspection-07.09.13
20/09/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 7, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 3,893 979 1,564 342 74 - -
Tuesday 125,853 3,281 433,221 9,747 3,446 - 149
Wednesday 126,668 3,104 432,557 9,421 1,888 - 193
Thursday 126,983 2,657 432,924 8,581 2,199 - 221
Friday 123,493 3,527 427,998 7,223 1,676 - 188
Saturday 68,357 - 254,742 824 27 - -
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Total 575,247 13,548 1,983,006 36,138 9,310 - 751
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%Steers 51.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 17.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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, September 7, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 461.5 Cattle 1,314 804
Steers 872
Heifers 794
Cows 614
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 1.8 Calves 229 134
Pork 404.8 Hogs 272 204
Barrows and gilts 202
Sows 299
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 870.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 7, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 575,247
Steers 298,652 51.9
Heifers 163,791 28.5
Dairy cows 56,478 9.8
Other cows 46,300 8.0
Bulls 10,026 1.7
Calves Total 13,548
Hogs Total 1,983,006
Barrows and gilts 1,928,605 97.3
Sows 49,049 2.5
Boars 5,352 0.3
Sheep Total 36,138
Mature sheep 1,938 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 34,200 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 7, 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 1,532 475 51.6 1,290 445 44.6
Tuesday 65,315 34,655 79.4 12,157 11,247 18.6
Wednesday 67,548 31,873 78.5 13,726 11,164 19.6
Thursday 62,287 37,602 78.7 13,409 11,269 19.4
Friday 59,155 37,778 78.5 13,779 10,333 19.5
Saturday 42,815 21,408 94.0 2,117 1,842 5.8
Total 298,652 163,791 80.4 56,478 46,300 17.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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