Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-19.05.12
01/06/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 19, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,487 3,353 401,979 8,037 2,669 - 124
Tuesday 126,340 2,446 415,371 8,781 1,873 - 250
Wednesday 125,317 2,385 414,123 6,234 1,010 - 120
Thursday 128,360 2,178 411,438 8,814 2,346 - 161
Friday 126,600 2,754 404,115 5,136 1,328 - 209
Saturday 11,099 - 70,125 24 33 - -
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Total 644,203 13,116 2,117,151 37,026 9,259 - 864
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%Steers 53.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 91.3
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 8.7
%Cows 17.6 %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 19, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 502.1 Cattle 1,283 781
Steers 841
Heifers 769
Cows 609
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 284 170
Pork 440.4 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 312
Boars 213
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 157 78
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 79
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Total meat
production 947.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 19, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 644,203
Steers 342,555 53.2
Heifers 177,920 27.6
Dairy cows 54,403 8.4
Other cows 58,769 9.1
Bulls 10,556 1.6
Calves Total 13,116
Hogs Total 2,117,151
Barrows and gilts 2,053,858 97.0
Sows 56,939 2.7
Boars 6,354 0.3
Sheep Total 37,026
Mature sheep 3,218 8.7
Lambs and yearlings 33,808 91.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 19, 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 69,456 34,744 82.4 8,975 11,366 16.1
Tuesday 68,065 32,637 79.7 11,383 12,150 18.6
Wednesday 65,807 36,119 81.3 11,446 9,971 17.1
Thursday 67,751 35,352 80.3 10,570 12,526 18.0
Friday 65,389 36,944 80.8 10,921 11,149 17.4
Saturday 6,087 2,124 74.0 1,108 1,607 24.5
Total 342,555 177,920 80.8 54,403 58,769 17.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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