Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 03.12.11
16/12/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 3, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,697 3,284 431,992 8,856 3,151 - 50
Tuesday 129,807 4,216 431,609 8,273 2,225 - 245
Wednesday 126,433 3,447 428,772 6,489 1,528 - 200
Thursday 130,492 2,580 434,286 6,838 1,586 - 189
Friday 125,782 4,090 423,738 5,096 1,879 - 350
Saturday 22,156 1 213,314 1,468 243 - 61
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Total 660,367 17,618 2,363,711 37,020 10,612 - 1,095
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%Steers 50.2 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 26.3 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 21.7 %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 3, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 514.5 Cattle 1,304 781
Steers 855
Heifers 790
Cows 593
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 244 144
Pork 495.0 Hogs 280 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 300
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 1,014.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 3, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 660,367
Steers 331,452 50.2
Heifers 173,826 26.3
Dairy cows 61,042 9.2
Other cows 82,583 12.5
Bulls 11,464 1.7
Calves Total 17,618
Hogs Total 2,363,711
Barrows and gilts 2,289,461 96.9
Sows 67,310 2.8
Boars 6,940 0.3
Sheep Total 37,020
Mature sheep 2,131 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 34,889 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 3, 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 68,960 31,016 79.5 7,494 16,453 19.1
Tuesday 63,866 38,377 78.8 12,147 13,464 19.7
Wednesday 63,202 34,714 77.4 12,743 13,706 20.9
Thursday 65,227 36,836 78.2 11,516 14,679 20.1
Friday 65,529 32,382 77.8 11,408 14,311 20.4
Saturday 4,668 501 23.3 5,734 9,970 70.9
Total 331,452 173,826 76.5 61,042 82,583 21.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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