Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.12.11
06/01/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 24, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,364 3,572 426,299 9,356 4,088 - 119
Tuesday 108,897 3,851 423,124 9,416 3,206 - 202
Wednesday 113,775 3,177 434,771 7,165 2,949 - 152
Thursday 128,030 2,654 431,797 7,875 2,862 - 142
Friday 126,551 3,640 415,175 5,570 2,205 - 176
Saturday 9,425 309 25,235 128 441 - -
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Total 597,042 17,203 2,156,401 39,510 15,751 - 791
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 27.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.9
%Cows 21.9 %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 24, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 462.8 Cattle 1,299 777
Steers 849
Heifers 785
Cows 598
Bulls 867
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 250 148
Pork 445.6 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 303
Boars 212
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 61
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 913.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 24, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 597,042
Steers 292,938 49.1
Heifers 163,465 27.4
Dairy cows 59,577 10.0
Other cows 70,910 11.9
Bulls 10,152 1.7
Calves Total 17,203
Hogs Total 2,156,401
Barrows and gilts 2,096,728 97.2
Sows 53,322 2.5
Boars 6,351 0.3
Sheep Total 39,510
Mature sheep 2,715 6.9
Lambs and yearlings 36,795 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 24, 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 55,054 27,807 75.1 9,890 15,487 23.0
Tuesday 56,189 26,257 75.7 11,807 12,883 22.7
Wednesday 52,390 33,983 75.9 11,992 13,332 22.3
Thursday 63,008 37,624 78.6 11,552 13,811 19.8
Friday 62,169 37,655 78.9 11,855 12,913 19.6
Saturday 4,128 139 45.3 2,481 2,484 52.7
Total 292,938 163,465 76.4 59,577 70,910 21.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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