Actual slaughter under federal inspection-02.11.13
15/11/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 2, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,918 3,407 431,310 9,627 2,724 - 202
Tuesday 123,463 2,922 431,560 9,137 2,138 - 215
Wednesday 115,696 2,984 429,624 8,312 1,341 - 193
Thursday 123,229 2,737 432,177 8,419 1,589 - 242
Friday 115,626 2,953 428,131 4,567 1,502 - 154
Saturday 21,824 235 116,765 295 24 - 45
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Total 622,756 15,238 2,269,567 40,357 9,318 - 1,051
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 92.1
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 7.9
%Cows 20.3 %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, November 2, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 498.5 Cattle 1,336 802
Steers 877
Heifers 802
Cows 615
Bulls 865
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 249 147
Pork 476.8 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 305
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 59
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 980.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 2, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 622,756
Steers 303,567 48.7
Heifers 180,490 29.0
Dairy cows 59,040 9.5
Other cows 67,109 10.8
Bulls 12,550 2.0
Calves Total 15,238
Hogs Total 2,269,567
Barrows and gilts 2,204,393 97.1
Sows 59,182 2.6
Boars 5,992 0.3
Sheep Total 40,357
Mature sheep 3,184 7.9
Lambs and yearlings 37,173 92.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 2, 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 59,937 37,286 79.1 9,021 14,122 18.8
Tuesday 61,072 36,105 78.7 12,110 11,830 19.4
Wednesday 60,861 27,772 76.6 12,022 12,897 21.5
Thursday 58,898 38,140 78.7 11,187 12,450 19.2
Friday 53,674 34,982 76.7 12,485 12,092 21.3
Saturday 9,125 6,205 70.2 2,215 3,718 27.2
Total 303,567 180,490 77.7 59,040 67,109 20.3
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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