Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-16.06.12
29/06/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 16, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 129,483 2,383 388,981 8,514 3,294 - 72
Tuesday 126,887 2,499 393,138 6,997 2,379 - 212
Wednesday 126,663 2,073 399,151 7,012 1,503 - 212
Thursday 127,173 1,723 395,484 7,662 2,206 - 123
Friday 124,666 2,810 381,324 7,184 1,824 - 231
Saturday 19,726 - 1,402 38 41 - -
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Total 654,598 11,488 1,959,480 37,407 11,247 - 850
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%Steers 53.9 %Barrows & gilts 96.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 26.2 %Sows 3.0 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 18.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 16, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 514.8 Cattle 1,291 788
Steers 852
Heifers 776
Cows 604
Bulls 893
Calves and veal 1.8 Calves 269 160
Pork 401.7 Hogs 274 205
Barrows and gilts 202
Sows 309
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 153 77
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 77
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Total meat
production 921.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 16, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 654,598
Steers 352,569 53.9
Heifers 171,208 26.2
Dairy cows 53,556 8.2
Other cows 65,612 10.0
Bulls 11,653 1.8
Calves Total 11,488
Hogs Total 1,959,480
Barrows and gilts 1,893,317 96.6
Sows 59,692 3.0
Boars 6,471 0.3
Sheep Total 37,407
Mature sheep 2,150 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 35,257 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 16, 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 69,829 35,266 81.2 8,290 13,835 17.1
Tuesday 68,175 33,932 80.5 10,098 12,728 18.0
Wednesday 68,562 32,034 79.4 10,950 12,790 18.7
Thursday 65,443 35,315 79.2 11,526 12,443 18.8
Friday 70,164 30,767 81.0 10,388 11,055 17.2
Saturday 10,396 3,894 72.4 2,304 2,761 25.7
Total 352,569 171,208 80.0 53,556 65,612 18.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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