Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 31.12.11
13/01/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 31, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 7,896 727 6,509 431 658 - 40
Tuesday 129,444 3,882 431,139 9,432 3,875 - 74
Wednesday 127,741 3,555 434,487 8,843 2,548 - 149
Thursday 128,030 2,723 426,809 6,381 3,167 - 151
Friday 125,344 3,419 422,210 7,043 1,884 - 179
Saturday 21,558 265 240,033 1,612 263 - -
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Total 540,013 14,571 1,961,187 33,742 12,395 - 593
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%Steers 50.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 27.5 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 21.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.3
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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 31, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 420.9 Cattle 1,306 781
Steers 847
Heifers 786
Cows 613
Bulls 873
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 251 148
Pork 409.3 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 302
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 145 73
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 834.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 31, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 540,013
Steers 270,205 50.0
Heifers 148,593 27.5
Dairy cows 51,457 9.5
Other cows 62,999 11.7
Bulls 6,759 1.3
Calves Total 14,571
Hogs Total 1,961,187
Barrows and gilts 1,908,926 97.3
Sows 47,210 2.4
Boars 5,051 0.3
Sheep Total 33,742
Mature sheep 2,091 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 31,651 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 31, 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 2,177 1,583 47.6 1,597 2,342 49.9
Tuesday 68,434 33,990 79.1 10,868 14,610 19.7
Wednesday 63,470 37,374 78.9 11,986 13,574 20.0
Thursday 64,083 37,829 79.6 11,574 12,907 19.1
Friday 63,558 36,005 79.4 11,934 12,336 19.4
Saturday 8,483 1,812 47.8 3,498 7,230 49.8
Total 270,205 148,593 77.6 51,457 62,999 21.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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