Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.03.12
05/04/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 24, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,698 2,831 412,656 8,401 2,574 - 90
Tuesday 126,087 2,788 414,855 8,128 2,004 - 182
Wednesday 123,242 2,125 416,178 6,863 1,280 - 184
Thursday 116,876 2,478 418,452 7,828 2,229 - 151
Friday 108,608 2,683 415,201 7,490 1,737 - 204
Saturday 5,426 - 54,660 1,561 50 - -
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Total 602,937 12,905 2,132,002 40,271 9,874 - 811
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 30.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.7
%Cows 19.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 24, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 473.6 Cattle 1,297 787
Steers 844
Heifers 792
Cows 626
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 282 168
Pork 445.4 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 310
Boars 215
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 152 76
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 77
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Total meat
production 924.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 24, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 602,937
Steers 290,588 48.2
Heifers 185,917 30.8
Dairy cows 61,504 10.2
Other cows 54,281 9.0
Bulls 10,647 1.8
Calves Total 12,905
Hogs Total 2,132,002
Barrows and gilts 2,070,035 97.1
Sows 55,647 2.6
Boars 6,320 0.3
Sheep Total 40,271
Mature sheep 1,890 4.7
Lambs and yearlings 38,381 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 24, 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 61,869 37,103 80.7 9,684 11,988 17.7
Tuesday 65,692 35,014 79.9 13,218 9,957 18.4
Wednesday 54,220 42,523 78.5 13,035 11,388 19.8
Thursday 58,418 35,228 80.1 10,845 10,313 18.1
Friday 48,211 35,557 77.1 12,587 10,165 20.9
Saturday 2,178 492 49.2 2,135 470 48.0
Total 290,588 185,917 79.0 61,504 54,281 19.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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