Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 10.03.12
23/03/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 10, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,617 3,300 419,577 8,971 2,153 - 41
Tuesday 126,998 2,973 420,632 9,402 2,037 - 221
Wednesday 126,494 2,472 422,464 6,789 1,467 - 109
Thursday 125,552 2,446 419,755 7,027 1,878 - 71
Friday 123,178 2,577 410,985 7,301 1,830 - 133
Saturday 6,484 - 39,279 39 45 - -
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Total 632,323 13,768 2,132,692 39,529 9,410 - 575
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%Steers 48.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 30.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.1
%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, March 10, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 498.9 Cattle 1,309 791
Steers 848
Heifers 800
Cows 626
Bulls 888
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 285 170
Pork 445.3 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 308
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 154 77
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 78
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Total meat
production 949.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 10, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 632,323
Steers 303,540 48.0
Heifers 193,930 30.7
Dairy cows 66,980 10.6
Other cows 57,645 9.1
Bulls 10,228 1.6
Calves Total 13,768
Hogs Total 2,132,692
Barrows and gilts 2,071,254 97.1
Sows 54,770 2.6
Boars 6,668 0.3
Sheep Total 39,529
Mature sheep 2,009 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 37,520 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 10, 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 62,524 38,362 81.6 10,023 10,841 16.9
Tuesday 66,169 33,932 78.8 12,913 11,649 19.3
Wednesday 57,729 40,937 78.0 14,296 11,581 20.5
Thursday 58,588 41,062 79.4 13,208 10,798 19.1
Friday 57,548 39,292 78.6 13,542 10,815 19.8
Saturday 982 345 20.5 2,998 1,961 76.5
Total 303,540 193,930 78.7 66,980 57,645 19.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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