Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 03.03.12
16/03/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,833 3,513 421,526 7,943 2,698 - 40
Tuesday 124,976 2,840 422,953 8,425 2,110 - 159
Wednesday 121,144 2,248 425,066 6,119 987 - 225
Thursday 123,592 2,506 420,741 7,770 2,052 - 243
Friday 120,354 2,562 403,517 7,304 1,536 - 127
Saturday 10,304 - 59,339 32 54 - 45
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Total 620,203 13,669 2,153,142 37,593 9,437 - 839
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%Steers 47.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 31.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 19.2 %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, March 3, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 489.9 Cattle 1,309 792
Steers 850
Heifers 800
Cows 625
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 275 164
Pork 449.0 Hogs 278 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 307
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 156 78
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 79
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Total meat
production 944.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 620,203
Steers 294,308 47.5
Heifers 197,427 31.8
Dairy cows 61,210 9.9
Other cows 57,747 9.3
Bulls 9,511 1.5
Calves Total 13,669
Hogs Total 2,153,142
Barrows and gilts 2,090,689 97.1
Sows 55,747 2.6
Boars 6,706 0.3
Sheep Total 37,593
Mature sheep 2,026 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 35,567 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 3, 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 59,694 38,258 81.7 9,257 11,052 16.9
Tuesday 63,022 35,711 79.0 12,727 11,686 19.5
Wednesday 52,833 41,364 77.8 13,026 11,811 20.5
Thursday 58,945 39,517 79.7 11,683 11,566 18.8
Friday 55,497 39,398 78.8 12,814 10,694 19.5
Saturday 4,317 3,179 72.7 1,703 938 25.6
Total 294,308 197,427 79.3 61,210 57,747 19.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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