Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 21.12.13
03/01/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 21, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,512 3,386 435,637 9,252 2,932 - 156
Tuesday 121,721 3,391 434,560 9,899 2,281 - 271
Wednesday 120,590 3,228 438,694 8,106 1,553 - 222
Thursday 121,478 2,522 436,250 10,079 2,706 - 288
Friday 120,124 3,039 436,337 6,649 2,335 - 178
Saturday 13,235 219 183,506 433 323 - 45
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Total 616,660 15,785 2,364,984 44,418 12,130 - 1,160
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%Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 28.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 7.0
%Cows 19.3 %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 21, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 495.0 Cattle 1,340 804
Steers 871
Heifers 809
Cows 618
Bulls 865
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 261 154
Pork 500.1 Hogs 282 212
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 303
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,000.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 21, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 616,660
Steers 310,523 50.4
Heifers 176,546 28.6
Dairy cows 61,514 10.0
Other cows 57,387 9.3
Bulls 10,690 1.7
Calves Total 15,785
Hogs Total 2,364,984
Barrows and gilts 2,297,324 97.1
Sows 60,280 2.5
Boars 7,380 0.3
Sheep Total 44,418
Mature sheep 3,131 7.0
Lambs and yearlings 41,287 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 21, 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 58,666 37,374 80.4 8,888 12,414 17.8
Tuesday 60,781 35,650 79.2 13,081 10,368 19.3
Wednesday 59,818 35,313 78.9 12,368 11,268 19.6
Thursday 63,115 32,935 79.1 12,332 10,908 19.1
Friday 61,501 31,480 77.4 13,978 10,822 20.6
Saturday 6,642 3,794 78.9 867 1,607 18.7
Total 310,523 176,546 79.0 61,514 57,387 19.3
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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