Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 25.02.12
09/03/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 25, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 104,492 3,621 374,293 5,360 1,185 - 41
Tuesday 123,663 2,878 421,970 9,623 2,641 - 118
Wednesday 117,982 2,338 424,799 7,037 1,677 - 120
Thursday 123,061 2,826 421,390 8,345 2,021 - 214
Friday 114,083 2,526 402,697 7,454 1,305 - 308
Saturday 3,630 - 79,127 27 41 - -
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Total 586,911 14,189 2,124,276 37,846 8,870 - 801
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%Steers 48.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 19.7 %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 25, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 463.6 Cattle 1,312 792
Steers 854
Heifers 794
Cows 625
Bulls 887
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 276 165
Pork 443.0 Hogs 278 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 309
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 155 78
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 78
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Total meat
production 911.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 25, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 586,911
Steers 284,599 48.5
Heifers 177,537 30.2
Dairy cows 61,081 10.4
Other cows 54,409 9.3
Bulls 9,285 1.6
Calves Total 14,189
Hogs Total 2,124,276
Barrows and gilts 2,062,766 97.1
Sows 54,917 2.6
Boars 6,593 0.3
Sheep Total 37,846
Mature sheep 2,114 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 35,732 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 25, 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 54,149 29,956 80.5 9,244 9,738 18.2
Tuesday 62,017 35,451 78.8 12,864 11,369 19.6
Wednesday 55,178 36,793 78.0 13,432 10,757 20.5
Thursday 55,778 42,345 79.7 11,387 11,545 18.6
Friday 56,135 31,980 77.2 13,016 10,900 21.0
Saturday 1,342 1,012 64.8 1,138 100 34.1
Total 284,599 177,537 78.7 61,081 54,409 19.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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