Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-05.05.12
18/05/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 5, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,301 3,015 412,433 8,776 2,837 - 144
Tuesday 128,026 2,464 413,010 8,121 2,006 - 130
Wednesday 126,157 2,544 410,267 6,986 1,616 - 116
Thursday 126,632 2,270 411,724 7,636 1,859 - 156
Friday 123,834 2,539 400,121 5,950 1,626 - 150
Saturday 10,167 - 31,190 30 45 - -
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Total 627,117 12,832 2,078,745 37,499 9,989 - 696
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%Steers 51.1 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 18.2 %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, May 5, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 485.1 Cattle 1,279 775
Steers 832
Heifers 769
Cows 615
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 302 181
Pork 433.5 Hogs 278 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 311
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 160 80
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 81
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Total meat
production 923.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 5, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 627,117
Steers 320,356 51.1
Heifers 182,555 29.1
Dairy cows 55,759 8.9
Other cows 58,128 9.3
Bulls 10,319 1.6
Calves Total 12,832
Hogs Total 2,078,745
Barrows and gilts 2,014,829 96.9
Sows 56,886 2.7
Boars 7,030 0.3
Sheep Total 37,499
Mature sheep 2,080 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 35,419 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 5, 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 58,565 32,791 81.3 7,939 11,205 17.0
Tuesday 67,455 34,874 79.9 12,125 11,537 18.5
Wednesday 64,937 35,483 79.6 11,867 11,822 18.8
Thursday 62,176 40,046 80.7 10,879 11,555 17.7
Friday 63,451 35,749 80.1 11,594 10,764 18.1
Saturday 3,772 3,612 72.6 1,355 1,245 25.6
Total 320,356 182,555 80.2 55,759 58,128 18.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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