Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 11.02.12
24/02/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 11, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,563 3,276 413,036 8,805 2,859 - 57
Tuesday 125,670 3,021 414,921 7,788 2,242 - 195
Wednesday 119,136 3,273 420,922 7,355 1,354 - 180
Thursday 124,634 2,490 418,947 7,854 1,861 - 174
Friday 100,488 2,269 398,825 6,060 1,653 - 285
Saturday 6,133 - 45,566 22 44 - -
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Total 598,624 14,329 2,112,217 37,884 10,013 - 891
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%Steers 46.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 31.5 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 20.8 %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, February 11, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 470.7 Cattle 1,309 788
Steers 855
Heifers 794
Cows 621
Bulls 877
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 270 160
Pork 440.3 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 307
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 152 76
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 77
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Total meat
production 916.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 11, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 598,624
Steers 276,038 46.1
Heifers 188,499 31.5
Dairy cows 64,127 10.7
Other cows 60,148 10.0
Bulls 9,812 1.6
Calves Total 14,329
Hogs Total 2,112,217
Barrows and gilts 2,048,912 97.0
Sows 56,799 2.7
Boars 6,506 0.3
Sheep Total 37,884
Mature sheep 2,178 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 35,706 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 11, 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 59,496 38,440 79.9 10,013 12,734 18.6
Tuesday 61,078 37,756 78.6 13,621 11,324 19.8
Wednesday 51,038 40,662 77.0 13,846 11,619 21.4
Thursday 58,284 40,822 79.5 12,124 11,464 18.9
Friday 44,454 29,868 74.0 12,916 11,292 24.1
Saturday 1,688 951 43.0 1,607 1,715 54.2
Total 276,038 188,499 77.6 64,127 60,148 20.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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