Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 14.9.2013
27/09/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 14, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,532 3,150 417,696 8,888 3,176 - 138
Tuesday 125,682 3,140 427,011 8,827 2,260 - 275
Wednesday 122,872 3,035 408,330 7,750 1,430 - 180
Thursday 115,842 2,394 430,127 8,586 2,263 - 183
Friday 104,619 3,215 423,412 7,195 1,640 - 100
Saturday 27,391 1 64,327 53 28 - 45
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Total 614,938 14,935 2,170,903 41,299 10,797 - 921
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%Steers 49.9 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 20.2 %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, September 14, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 487.9 Cattle 1,313 795
Steers 867
Heifers 793
Cows 612
Bulls 876
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 228 134
Pork 442.8 Hogs 272 204
Barrows and gilts 201
Sows 301
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 935.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 14, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 614,938
Steers 307,010 49.9
Heifers 171,221 27.8
Dairy cows 65,939 10.7
Other cows 58,175 9.5
Bulls 12,593 2.0
Calves Total 14,935
Hogs Total 2,170,903
Barrows and gilts 2,104,340 96.9
Sows 59,164 2.7
Boars 7,399 0.3
Sheep Total 41,299
Mature sheep 2,394 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 38,905 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 14, 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 60,367 33,451 79.1 10,566 11,630 18.7
Tuesday 65,142 33,702 78.6 13,307 11,143 19.5
Wednesday 58,947 37,152 78.2 12,731 11,735 19.9
Thursday 55,753 33,469 77.0 12,556 11,575 20.8
Friday 51,657 25,963 74.2 14,121 10,205 23.3
Saturday 15,144 7,484 82.6 2,658 1,887 16.6
Total 307,010 171,221 77.8 65,939 58,175 20.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
(816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls711.txt
www.ams.usda.gov/lsmarketnews
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