Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 28.12.13
10/01/2014
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 28, 2013
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,918 3,384 440,469 10,918 3,229 - 260
Tuesday 45,168 3,257 185,126 7,025 2,197 - 12
Wednesday - - - - - - -
Thursday 109,055 2,396 426,761 8,874 2,164 - 158
Friday 116,696 3,401 431,737 8,269 1,602 - 171
Saturday 40,223 184 366,190 161 95 - 45
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Total 432,060 12,622 1,850,283 35,247 9,287 - 646
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%Steers 48.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.7 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.1 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 20.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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 28, 2013
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 345.4 Cattle 1,337 801
Steers 872
Heifers 807
Cows 623
Bulls 868
Calves and veal 1.8 Calves 245 145
Pork 393.2 Hogs 283 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 301
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 742.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 28, 2013
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 432,060
Steers 209,200 48.4
Heifers 126,071 29.2
Dairy cows 45,646 10.6
Other cows 44,774 10.4
Bulls 6,369 1.5
Calves Total 12,622
Hogs Total 1,850,283
Barrows and gilts 1,807,200 97.7
Sows 38,361 2.1
Boars 4,722 0.3
Sheep Total 35,247
Mature sheep 2,044 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 33,203 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 28, 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 55,804 39,292 78.6 11,152 12,672 19.7
Tuesday 16,590 8,344 55.2 11,334 7,787 42.3
Wednesday - - - - - -
Thursday 58,504 30,298 81.4 8,005 10,897 17.3
Friday 57,894 33,504 78.3 12,985 10,821 20.4
Saturday 20,408 14,633 87.1 2,170 2,597 11.9
Total 209,200 126,071 77.6 45,646 44,774 20.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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