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Accoding to the USDA's Food and Safety Inspection Service: 2008 FSIS National Residue Program Data the total of all cows slaughtered in 2008 was 34,770,197. I can oly imagine that this number has grown by a small percent in the past three years.

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One estimate is 35 million cattle slaughtered annually in the United States. The beef industry gave the figure 32.7 million in a recent year.

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According to the USDA, in 2013 a total of 32.5 million commercial cattle were slaughtered for beef. A total of 762,000 calves were slaughtered for veal.

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