Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-26.05.12
08/06/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 26, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,795 3,194 414,647 8,252 2,777 - 165
Tuesday 125,107 2,801 417,514 8,041 2,440 - 154
Wednesday 125,477 2,568 420,047 6,557 1,793 - 234
Thursday 127,195 2,243 415,529 7,958 2,015 - 198
Friday 125,208 2,612 391,580 6,969 2,330 - 198
Saturday 12,404 - 10,907 34 35 - -
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Total 640,186 13,418 2,070,224 37,811 11,390 - 949
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%Steers 53.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 27.2 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.7
%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 26, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 498.8 Cattle 1,282 781
Steers 839
Heifers 772
Cows 612
Bulls 887
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 291 174
Pork 428.6 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 315
Boars 217
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 156 78
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 79
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Total meat
production 932.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 26, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 640,186
Steers 339,551 53.0
Heifers 173,830 27.2
Dairy cows 57,095 8.9
Other cows 59,155 9.2
Bulls 10,555 1.6
Calves Total 13,418
Hogs Total 2,070,224
Barrows and gilts 2,007,209 97.0
Sows 56,981 2.8
Boars 6,034 0.3
Sheep Total 37,811
Mature sheep 2,137 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 35,674 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 26, 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 70,775 31,525 82.0 8,553 12,022 16.5
Tuesday 65,364 34,708 80.0 11,426 11,539 18.4
Wednesday 65,380 34,194 79.4 11,948 11,829 18.9
Thursday 67,775 35,025 80.8 10,959 11,436 17.6
Friday 64,885 34,971 79.8 12,137 10,986 18.5
Saturday 5,372 3,407 70.8 2,072 1,343 27.5
Total 339,551 173,830 80.2 57,095 59,155 18.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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