Actual slaughter under federal inspection-30.11.13
13/12/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 30, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,139 3,476 427,380 10,112 3,055 - 139
Tuesday 124,307 3,229 434,641 10,245 2,969 - 230
Wednesday 123,835 3,236 434,778 7,076 2,340 - 149
Thursday 105 432 978 - - - -
Friday 119,875 2,288 413,255 6,193 1,899 - 112
Saturday 62,607 178 344,814 3,759 15 - 45
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Total 555,868 12,839 2,055,846 37,385 10,278 - 675
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%Steers 51.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 92.2
%Heifers 28.3 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 7.8
%Cows 18.5 %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, November 30, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 449.2 Cattle 1,343 810
Steers 875
Heifers 807
Cows 625
Bulls 871
Calves and veal 1.9 Calves 247 145
Pork 436.6 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 299
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 61
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 890.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 30, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 555,868
Steers 286,253 51.5
Heifers 157,543 28.3
Dairy cows 48,501 8.7
Other cows 54,399 9.8
Bulls 9,172 1.7
Calves Total 12,839
Hogs Total 2,055,846
Barrows and gilts 2,006,385 97.6
Sows 44,217 2.2
Boars 5,244 0.3
Sheep Total 37,385
Mature sheep 2,925 7.8
Lambs and yearlings 34,460 92.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 30, 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 65,055 35,196 80.1 9,418 13,037 17.9
Tuesday 60,976 35,960 78.0 12,315 12,743 20.2
Wednesday 62,184 35,162 78.6 12,675 11,899 19.8
Thursday 25 20 42.9 60 - 57.1
Friday 64,221 32,988 81.1 9,696 11,189 17.4
Saturday 33,792 18,217 83.1 4,337 5,531 15.8
Total 286,253 157,543 79.8 48,501 54,399 18.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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