Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 17.03.12
30/03/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 17, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,594 3,024 417,483 8,964 3,139 - 97
Tuesday 126,502 2,823 422,233 8,858 2,030 - 147
Wednesday 122,296 2,620 420,102 7,513 1,234 - 99
Thursday 119,558 2,466 416,774 7,881 1,881 - 146
Friday 118,802 2,248 410,408 8,070 1,319 - 89
Saturday 8,131 - 92,496 1,287 159 - -
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Total 617,883 13,181 2,179,496 42,573 9,762 - 578
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%Steers 48.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 18.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 17, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 488.2 Cattle 1,307 792
Steers 850
Heifers 793
Cows 629
Bulls 892
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 281 168
Pork 455.6 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 310
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 3.3 Sheep 155 77
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 78
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Total meat
production 949.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 17, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 617,883
Steers 299,931 48.5
Heifers 191,786 31.0
Dairy cows 60,008 9.7
Other cows 55,589 9.0
Bulls 10,569 1.7
Calves Total 13,181
Hogs Total 2,179,496
Barrows and gilts 2,117,119 97.1
Sows 55,827 2.6
Boars 6,550 0.3
Sheep Total 42,573
Mature sheep 2,451 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 40,122 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 17, 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 61,369 37,487 80.6 9,706 12,003 17.7
Tuesday 64,627 35,735 79.3 12,380 11,360 18.8
Wednesday 56,669 40,928 79.8 12,126 10,661 18.6
Thursday 58,349 37,370 80.1 11,538 10,228 18.2
Friday 55,703 38,955 79.7 12,582 9,602 18.7
Saturday 3,214 1,311 55.7 1,676 1,735 42.0
Total 299,931 191,786 79.6 60,008 55,589 18.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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