Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-09.06.12
22/06/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 9, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,563 2,836 408,005 8,368 3,111 - 68
Tuesday 127,545 2,765 406,266 7,415 2,158 - 209
Wednesday 128,565 2,697 403,268 6,836 1,474 - 262
Thursday 129,823 2,235 396,341 7,120 2,042 - 164
Friday 123,771 2,912 381,669 6,449 2,073 - 173
Saturday 24,666 - 9,376 35 61 - -
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Total 659,933 13,445 2,004,925 36,223 10,919 - 876
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%Steers 52.0 %Barrows & gilts 96.7 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 3.0 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 18.4 %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, June 9, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 516.0 Cattle 1,287 783
Steers 848
Heifers 772
Cows 608
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 284 169
Pork 413.6 Hogs 275 206
Barrows and gilts 203
Sows 311
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 154 77
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 78
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Total meat
production 934.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 9, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 659,933
Steers 342,987 52.0
Heifers 184,463 28.0
Dairy cows 55,208 8.4
Other cows 66,292 10.0
Bulls 10,983 1.7
Calves Total 13,445
Hogs Total 2,004,925
Barrows and gilts 1,938,393 96.7
Sows 59,702 3.0
Boars 6,830 0.3
Sheep Total 36,223
Mature sheep 2,029 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 34,194 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 9, 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 67,838 34,203 81.3 8,686 12,751 17.1
Tuesday 67,838 34,683 80.4 10,869 12,162 18.1
Wednesday 67,557 34,238 79.2 11,868 12,822 19.2
Thursday 67,250 35,886 79.4 11,105 13,254 18.8
Friday 59,277 38,357 78.9 11,110 12,768 19.3
Saturday 13,227 7,096 82.4 1,570 2,535 16.6
Total 342,987 184,463 79.9 55,208 66,292 18.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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