Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-28.04.12
11/05/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 28, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,872 3,203 409,852 8,427 2,684 - 48
Tuesday 125,028 2,540 414,177 6,732 1,886 - 198
Wednesday 121,851 2,682 413,430 6,054 1,471 - 104
Thursday 121,019 2,092 410,667 7,178 1,994 - 181
Friday 115,753 2,550 399,664 6,304 1,521 - 192
Saturday 10,005 - 38,338 38 40 - -
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Total 614,528 13,067 2,086,128 34,733 9,596 - 723
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 18.1 %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 28, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 475.2 Cattle 1,280 775
Steers 828
Heifers 771
Cows 618
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 303 182
Pork 436.0 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 310
Boars 214
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 158 79
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 79
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Total meat
production 916.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 28, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 614,528
Steers 314,492 51.2
Heifers 177,769 28.9
Dairy cows 52,718 8.6
Other cows 58,537 9.5
Bulls 11,012 1.8
Calves Total 13,067
Hogs Total 2,086,128
Barrows and gilts 2,022,601 97.0
Sows 57,797 2.8
Boars 5,730 0.3
Sheep Total 34,733
Mature sheep 1,987 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 32,746 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 28, 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 62,939 38,043 83.5 7,461 10,533 14.9
Tuesday 69,189 30,850 80.0 10,631 12,089 18.2
Wednesday 63,909 31,829 78.6 11,711 12,092 19.5
Thursday 60,734 35,582 79.6 10,904 11,567 18.6
Friday 52,590 38,348 78.6 10,998 11,694 19.6
Saturday 5,131 3,117 82.4 1,013 562 15.7
Total 314,492 177,769 80.1 52,718 58,537 18.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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