Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 21.01.12
03/02/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 21, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 127,522 3,043 369,226 5,691 1,344 - 92
Tuesday 129,439 2,846 427,698 8,115 3,657 - 279
Wednesday 122,233 2,996 421,967 7,760 1,819 - 197
Thursday 118,787 2,210 424,372 7,699 1,999 - 222
Friday 110,208 3,076 416,962 4,409 1,871 - 262
Saturday 11,045 - 156,411 100 34 - -
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Total 619,234 14,171 2,216,636 33,774 10,724 - 1,052
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%Steers 47.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 21.5 %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 21, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 483.4 Cattle 1,301 782
Steers 854
Heifers 792
Cows 604
Bulls 859
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 251 149
Pork 462.2 Hogs 278 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 306
Boars 210
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 151 75
Mature sheep 61
Lambs and yearlings 76
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Total meat
production 950.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 21, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 619,234
Steers 292,032 47.2
Heifers 183,751 29.7
Dairy cows 60,851 9.8
Other cows 72,544 11.7
Bulls 10,056 1.6
Calves Total 14,171
Hogs Total 2,216,636
Barrows and gilts 2,152,575 97.1
Sows 57,493 2.6
Boars 6,568 0.3
Sheep Total 33,774
Mature sheep 2,056 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 31,718 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 21, 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 63,051 38,461 79.6 9,660 14,667 19.1
Tuesday 64,286 37,052 78.3 12,413 13,848 20.3
Wednesday 57,447 37,137 77.4 12,418 13,160 20.9
Thursday 54,776 37,181 77.4 11,488 13,362 20.9
Friday 49,423 33,639 75.4 12,460 12,696 22.8
Saturday 3,049 281 30.1 2,412 4,811 65.4
Total 292,032 183,751 76.8 60,851 72,544 21.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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