Actual slaughter under federal inspection-26.10.13
08/11/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 26, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,806 3,065 431,652 9,200 2,585 - 92
Tuesday 123,657 3,305 431,468 8,467 2,668 - 184
Wednesday 124,266 3,080 424,866 7,306 1,278 - 234
Thursday 117,254 2,535 427,766 7,842 1,757 - 215
Friday 111,722 3,311 428,612 4,266 1,714 - 138
Saturday 18,445 1 115,434 45 24 - 45
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Total 619,150 15,297 2,259,798 37,126 10,026 - 908
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%Steers 48.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 91.7
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 8.3
%Cows 19.6 %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, October 26, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 496.8 Cattle 1,335 804
Steers 876
Heifers 806
Cows 616
Bulls 867
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 246 145
Pork 473.1 Hogs 280 209
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 304
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 974.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 26, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 619,150
Steers 300,336 48.5
Heifers 185,732 30.0
Dairy cows 60,596 9.8
Other cows 60,919 9.8
Bulls 11,567 1.9
Calves Total 15,297
Hogs Total 2,259,798
Barrows and gilts 2,193,000 97.0
Sows 59,825 2.6
Boars 6,973 0.3
Sheep Total 37,126
Mature sheep 3,075 8.3
Lambs and yearlings 34,051 91.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 26, 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 64,021 36,121 80.9 9,433 11,914 17.2
Tuesday 60,253 37,448 79.0 12,752 11,046 19.2
Wednesday 62,256 36,118 79.2 12,210 11,495 19.1
Thursday 54,772 35,671 77.1 12,015 12,501 20.9
Friday 50,761 35,091 76.8 12,233 11,378 21.1
Saturday 8,273 5,283 73.5 1,953 2,585 24.6
Total 300,336 185,732 78.5 60,596 60,919 19.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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