Actual slaughter under federal inspection-07.12.13
19/12/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 7, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,540 3,156 439,207 9,478 2,434 - 251
Tuesday 121,626 3,386 437,798 9,313 2,117 - 260
Wednesday 121,723 3,334 434,762 7,355 958 - 232
Thursday 121,662 2,438 434,272 8,982 1,940 - 162
Friday 113,749 3,262 429,016 6,020 1,934 - 90
Saturday 34,530 2 141,923 1,774 30 - 45
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Total 628,830 15,578 2,316,978 42,922 9,413 - 1,040
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%Steers 49.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 20.2 %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, December 7, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 504.1 Cattle 1,335 804
Steers 877
Heifers 806
Cows 614
Bulls 867
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 238 140
Pork 493.6 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 304
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,002.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 7, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 628,830
Steers 309,693 49.2
Heifers 181,387 28.8
Dairy cows 63,764 10.1
Other cows 63,500 10.1
Bulls 10,486 1.7
Calves Total 15,578
Hogs Total 2,316,978
Barrows and gilts 2,248,931 97.1
Sows 60,251 2.6
Boars 7,796 0.3
Sheep Total 42,922
Mature sheep 2,751 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 40,171 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 7, 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 56,171 37,336 80.9 8,127 12,067 17.5
Tuesday 60,581 34,535 78.2 13,331 11,236 20.2
Wednesday 59,185 35,669 77.9 13,132 11,782 20.5
Thursday 60,307 33,589 77.2 12,808 12,837 21.1
Friday 56,509 30,116 76.2 13,569 11,531 22.1
Saturday 16,940 10,142 78.4 2,797 4,047 19.8
Total 309,693 181,387 78.1 63,764 63,500 20.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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