Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-14.04.12
27/04/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 14, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 98,263 2,947 282,769 10,417 2,969 - 102
Tuesday 125,487 2,843 419,420 10,153 2,821 - 162
Wednesday 112,349 2,767 417,969 8,602 2,076 - 103
Thursday 124,300 1,896 415,214 9,211 1,953 - 165
Friday 116,152 2,256 411,738 6,955 1,745 - 126
Saturday 4,524 - 104,949 25 26 - 68
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Total 581,075 12,709 2,052,059 45,363 11,590 - 726
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%Steers 47.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 31.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 18.9 %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, April 14, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 451.4 Cattle 1,283 779
Steers 837
Heifers 777
Cows 623
Bulls 891
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 288 171
Pork 428.6 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 310
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 885.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 14, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 581,075
Steers 276,798 47.6
Heifers 184,974 31.8
Dairy cows 59,167 10.2
Other cows 50,772 8.7
Bulls 9,364 1.6
Calves Total 12,709
Hogs Total 2,052,059
Barrows and gilts 1,990,467 97.0
Sows 54,768 2.7
Boars 6,824 0.3
Sheep Total 45,363
Mature sheep 2,872 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 42,491 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 14, 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 45,351 31,565 78.3 8,989 10,474 19.8
Tuesday 63,190 37,890 80.6 12,217 10,273 17.9
Wednesday 52,746 35,346 78.4 12,237 10,285 20.0
Thursday 58,891 41,474 80.7 11,763 10,318 17.8
Friday 54,208 37,786 79.2 13,080 9,214 19.2
Saturday 2,412 913 73.5 881 208 24.1
Total 276,798 184,974 79.5 59,167 50,772 18.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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