Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 12.11.11
25/11/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 12, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 129,598 3,641 433,796 9,204 8,688 - 46
Tuesday 132,575 3,738 430,929 10,567 1,987 - 238
Wednesday 126,387 3,213 433,221 8,460 1,484 - 213
Thursday 124,794 2,886 431,414 8,348 2,563 - 134
Friday 93,524 3,438 388,278 6,222 1,791 - 171
Saturday 23,580 - 189,809 61 118 - 29
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Total 630,458 16,916 2,307,447 42,862 16,631 - 831
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%Steers 45.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 89.9
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 10.1
%Cows 23.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 2.0
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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 12, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 484.7 Cattle 1,291 771
Steers 852
Heifers 788
Cows 584
Bulls 857
Calves and veal 2.6 Calves 261 154
Pork 480.2 Hogs 279 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 302
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 135 67
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 970.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 12, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 630,458
Steers 287,751 45.6
Heifers 181,326 28.8
Dairy cows 60,952 9.7
Other cows 87,988 14.0
Bulls 12,441 2.0
Calves Total 16,916
Hogs Total 2,307,447
Barrows and gilts 2,237,474 97.0
Sows 63,653 2.8
Boars 6,320 0.3
Sheep Total 42,862
Mature sheep 4,323 10.1
Lambs and yearlings 38,539 89.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 12, 2011
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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 61,432 40,024 78.3 9,996 15,947 20.0
Tuesday 62,925 39,806 77.5 11,963 15,777 20.9
Wednesday 61,004 36,137 76.9 12,241 14,929 21.5
Thursday 57,259 38,884 77.0 11,199 15,193 21.1
Friday 41,452 25,652 71.8 9,550 14,562 25.8
Saturday 3,679 823 19.1 6,003 11,580 74.6
Total 287,751 181,326 74.4 60,952 87,988 23.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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