Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 18.02.12
02/03/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 18, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,932 3,480 419,429 9,046 2,918 - 40
Tuesday 121,597 2,820 421,454 5,848 1,836 - 164
Wednesday 115,681 2,729 419,594 7,235 1,443 - 64
Thursday 122,245 2,831 422,261 7,619 1,928 - 172
Friday 119,348 2,549 395,475 5,975 1,415 - 225
Saturday 9,520 - 73,039 149 57 - -
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Total 610,323 14,409 2,151,252 35,872 9,597 - 665
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%Steers 46.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 32.3 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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 18, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 480.1 Cattle 1,307 788
Steers 854
Heifers 790
Cows 621
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 278 165
Pork 448.4 Hogs 278 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 307
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 150 75
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 76
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Total meat
production 933.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 18, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 610,323
Steers 284,857 46.7
Heifers 197,185 32.3
Dairy cows 60,504 9.9
Other cows 58,744 9.6
Bulls 9,033 1.5
Calves Total 14,409
Hogs Total 2,151,252
Barrows and gilts 2,087,354 97.0
Sows 57,055 2.7
Boars 6,843 0.3
Sheep Total 35,872
Mature sheep 1,864 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 34,008 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 18, 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 59,741 37,530 79.8 9,668 13,098 18.7
Tuesday 59,949 36,499 79.3 12,654 10,802 19.3
Wednesday 53,110 35,172 76.3 13,925 11,521 22.0
Thursday 54,570 43,127 79.9 10,806 12,032 18.7
Friday 53,055 41,384 79.1 12,118 11,129 19.5
Saturday 4,432 3,473 83.0 1,333 162 15.7
Total 284,857 197,185 79.0 60,504 58,744 19.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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