Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-12.05.12
25/05/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,783 3,156 412,558 8,601 2,945 - 90
Tuesday 127,611 2,378 416,051 8,417 2,031 - 145
Wednesday 126,599 2,533 415,581 6,605 1,625 - 122
Thursday 128,678 2,046 418,645 7,090 1,980 - 318
Friday 126,617 2,747 408,636 5,583 1,983 - 163
Saturday 14,188 - 17,902 31 49 - -
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Total 641,476 12,860 2,089,373 36,327 10,613 - 838
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%Steers 52.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 18.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 12, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 497.7 Cattle 1,279 778
Steers 835
Heifers 770
Cows 613
Bulls 884
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 299 179
Pork 435.2 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 308
Boars 212
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 157 78
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 79
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Total meat
production 938.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 641,476
Steers 335,082 52.2
Heifers 179,441 28.0
Dairy cows 57,312 8.9
Other cows 59,015 9.2
Bulls 10,626 1.7
Calves Total 12,860
Hogs Total 2,089,373
Barrows and gilts 2,025,876 97.0
Sows 56,825 2.7
Boars 6,672 0.3
Sheep Total 36,327
Mature sheep 2,236 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 34,091 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 12, 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 58,806 36,602 81.0 8,308 11,953 17.2
Tuesday 69,127 32,812 79.9 12,049 11,624 18.6
Wednesday 70,877 30,850 80.4 11,730 11,031 18.0
Thursday 64,241 38,403 79.8 12,144 11,777 18.6
Friday 65,789 36,290 80.6 11,302 11,154 17.7
Saturday 6,242 4,484 75.6 1,779 1,476 22.9
Total 335,082 179,441 80.2 57,312 59,015 18.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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