Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-30.06.12
13/07/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,747 2,708 385,562 8,518 2,729 - 45
Tuesday 128,637 2,819 406,818 7,745 1,952 - 215
Wednesday 126,181 2,754 398,762 7,734 1,314 - 241
Thursday 124,449 2,437 406,795 8,039 1,808 - 158
Friday 124,091 3,166 405,349 7,022 2,474 - 142
Saturday 24,188 6 1,550 73 76 - -
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Total 653,293 13,890 2,004,836 39,131 10,353 - 801
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%Steers 53.8 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 17.8 %Boars 0.4
%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 30, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 517.5 Cattle 1,298 794
Steers 856
Heifers 784
Cows 606
Bulls 891
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 263 157
Pork 407.5 Hogs 272 203
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 314
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 149 75
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 76
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Total meat
production 930.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 653,293
Steers 351,434 53.8
Heifers 174,758 26.8
Dairy cows 52,679 8.1
Other cows 63,333 9.7
Bulls 11,089 1.7
Calves Total 13,890
Hogs Total 2,004,836
Barrows and gilts 1,941,783 96.9
Sows 56,022 2.8
Boars 7,031 0.4
Sheep Total 39,131
Mature sheep 2,588 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 36,543 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 30, 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 68,136 35,165 82.1 7,374 12,991 16.2
Tuesday 73,714 29,105 79.9 11,311 12,200 18.3
Wednesday 66,616 33,699 79.5 11,174 12,454 18.7
Thursday 65,344 34,120 79.9 10,454 12,422 18.4
Friday 66,331 32,949 80.0 10,422 12,224 18.2
Saturday 11,293 9,720 86.9 1,944 1,042 12.3
Total 351,434 174,758 80.5 52,679 63,333 17.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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