Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 07.01.12
20/01/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 7, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 8,987 882 4,740 343 673 - 35
Tuesday 130,794 4,118 431,634 9,290 2,968 - 177
Wednesday 131,471 3,385 429,512 8,066 1,360 - 127
Thursday 131,793 2,362 430,153 7,585 1,737 - 216
Friday 130,952 3,499 428,318 6,482 2,117 - 247
Saturday 26,753 - 340,037 89 76 - -
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Total 560,750 14,246 2,064,394 31,855 8,931 - 802
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 27.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 21.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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, January 7, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 436.8 Cattle 1,305 781
Steers 851
Heifers 788
Cows 607
Bulls 862
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 249 147
Pork 432.6 Hogs 280 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 306
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 148 74
Mature sheep 61
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 873.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 7, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 560,750
Steers 275,244 49.1
Heifers 154,072 27.5
Dairy cows 58,245 10.4
Other cows 64,390 11.5
Bulls 8,799 1.6
Calves Total 14,246
Hogs Total 2,064,394
Barrows and gilts 2,007,309 97.2
Sows 51,801 2.5
Boars 5,284 0.3
Sheep Total 31,855
Mature sheep 1,959 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 29,896 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 7, 2012
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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 2,180 1,568 41.7 1,095 3,726 53.6
Tuesday 71,500 31,039 78.4 12,521 13,996 20.3
Wednesday 65,979 37,346 78.6 12,995 13,307 20.0
Thursday 60,938 42,724 78.7 13,158 12,896 19.8
Friday 64,733 38,291 78.7 13,457 12,579 19.9
Saturday 9,914 3,104 48.7 5,019 7,886 48.2
Total 275,244 154,072 76.6 58,245 64,390 21.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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