Actual slaughter under federal inspection-23.11.13
06/12/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 23, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,179 3,236 436,785 9,241 2,710 - 235
Tuesday 120,391 3,000 438,141 9,757 2,340 - 337
Wednesday 113,903 3,356 437,824 7,784 922 - 252
Thursday 121,676 2,582 436,056 8,751 2,131 - 199
Friday 117,135 3,183 430,820 6,220 1,971 - 107
Saturday 28,617 1 166,158 140 22 - 45
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Total 620,901 15,358 2,345,784 41,893 10,096 - 1,175
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%Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 92.4
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 7.6
%Cows 20.8 %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, November 23, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 500.1 Cattle 1,346 807
Steers 879
Heifers 810
Cows 621
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 261 153
Pork 497.1 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 299
Boars 210
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,002.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 23, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 620,901
Steers 313,115 50.4
Heifers 166,674 26.8
Dairy cows 63,499 10.2
Other cows 65,930 10.6
Bulls 11,683 1.9
Calves Total 15,358
Hogs Total 2,345,784
Barrows and gilts 2,279,020 97.2
Sows 60,326 2.6
Boars 6,438 0.3
Sheep Total 41,893
Mature sheep 3,164 7.6
Lambs and yearlings 38,729 92.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 23, 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 63,201 30,448 78.6 9,794 13,446 19.5
Tuesday 63,003 30,095 77.3 12,228 12,859 20.8
Wednesday 54,516 33,253 77.1 12,167 11,904 21.1
Thursday 63,578 32,038 78.6 12,506 11,494 19.7
Friday 57,019 32,873 76.7 13,810 11,249 21.4
Saturday 11,798 7,967 69.1 2,994 4,978 27.9
Total 313,115 166,674 77.3 63,499 65,930 20.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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