Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-21.04.12
04/05/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 21, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,503 3,555 416,299 8,227 2,207 - 119
Tuesday 124,235 2,440 413,439 6,620 1,954 - 153
Wednesday 112,148 3,012 417,584 6,741 1,111 - 157
Thursday 125,164 2,203 416,506 6,984 1,782 - 87
Friday 122,320 2,314 409,135 5,974 1,821 - 206
Saturday 3,391 - 9,407 49 44 - -
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Total 598,761 13,524 2,082,370 34,595 8,919 - 722
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%Steers 50.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.2
%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, April 21, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 464.9 Cattle 1,285 778
Steers 835
Heifers 774
Cows 625
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 298 178
Pork 435.1 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 308
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 158 79
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 80
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Total meat
production 905.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 21, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 598,761
Steers 301,336 50.3
Heifers 172,217 28.8
Dairy cows 56,950 9.5
Other cows 57,779 9.6
Bulls 10,479 1.8
Calves Total 13,524
Hogs Total 2,082,370
Barrows and gilts 2,019,875 97.0
Sows 55,977 2.7
Boars 6,518 0.3
Sheep Total 34,595
Mature sheep 2,128 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 32,467 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 21, 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 57,897 31,117 79.8 9,191 11,421 18.5
Tuesday 63,864 36,364 80.7 11,645 10,488 17.8
Wednesday 54,735 31,793 77.2 11,848 11,564 20.9
Thursday 64,070 36,413 80.3 11,305 11,245 18.0
Friday 60,710 36,374 79.4 11,575 11,546 18.9
Saturday 60 156 6.4 1,386 1,515 85.5
Total 301,336 172,217 79.1 56,950 57,779 19.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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