Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-02.06.12
15/06/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 2, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 1,945 794 1,570 322 125 - -
Tuesday 130,179 2,407 421,586 8,346 2,981 - 175
Wednesday 129,532 3,456 425,022 8,144 1,890 - 154
Thursday 132,131 2,346 420,390 7,744 2,100 - 177
Friday 130,930 2,972 416,309 5,621 1,625 - 265
Saturday 73,128 - 137,806 30 30 - -
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Total 597,845 11,975 1,822,683 30,207 8,751 - 771
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%Steers 53.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 17.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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, June 2, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 469.9 Cattle 1,290 788
Steers 850
Heifers 774
Cows 607
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 274 164
Pork 377.0 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 310
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 156 78
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 79
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Total meat
production 851.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 2, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 597,845
Steers 317,461 53.1
Heifers 168,455 28.2
Dairy cows 49,884 8.3
Other cows 53,109 8.9
Bulls 8,936 1.5
Calves Total 11,975
Hogs Total 1,822,683
Barrows and gilts 1,773,972 97.3
Sows 43,511 2.4
Boars 5,200 0.3
Sheep Total 30,207
Mature sheep 1,782 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 28,425 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 2, 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 112 214 16.8 888 494 71.1
Tuesday 69,853 34,357 80.1 9,762 13,939 18.2
Wednesday 70,528 33,179 80.1 11,681 12,151 18.4
Thursday 68,425 37,270 80.0 12,164 12,250 18.5
Friday 67,957 36,792 80.0 11,571 12,425 18.3
Saturday 40,586 26,643 91.9 3,818 1,850 7.8
Total 317,461 168,455 81.3 49,884 53,109 17.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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