Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.01.12
10/02/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 28, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,935 3,234 418,864 8,560 2,421 - 82
Tuesday 123,720 3,269 424,395 8,288 1,604 - 212
Wednesday 117,460 3,162 423,827 7,065 1,676 - 214
Thursday 121,205 2,362 421,550 7,328 1,591 - 182
Friday 112,881 3,230 408,444 5,899 1,517 - 298
Saturday 3,798 - 56,634 76 12 - 35
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Total 600,999 15,257 2,153,714 37,216 8,821 - 1,023
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%Steers 48.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.9
%Cows 21.0 %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 28, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 471.1 Cattle 1,306 786
Steers 855
Heifers 796
Cows 604
Bulls 863
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 264 156
Pork 447.7 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 303
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 155 77
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 78
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Total meat
production 924.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 28, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 600,999
Steers 290,911 48.4
Heifers 174,367 29.0
Dairy cows 59,177 9.8
Other cows 66,937 11.1
Bulls 9,607 1.6
Calves Total 15,257
Hogs Total 2,153,714
Barrows and gilts 2,095,061 97.3
Sows 52,294 2.4
Boars 6,359 0.3
Sheep Total 37,216
Mature sheep 1,818 4.9
Lambs and yearlings 35,398 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 28, 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 58,695 36,716 78.2 9,202 15,523 20.3
Tuesday 63,992 33,387 78.7 11,367 12,871 19.6
Wednesday 57,296 33,052 76.9 12,203 13,139 21.6
Thursday 59,661 34,746 77.9 12,031 12,970 20.6
Friday 50,178 36,226 76.5 12,672 11,864 21.7
Saturday 1,089 240 35.0 1,702 570 59.8
Total 290,911 174,367 77.4 59,177 66,937 21.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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