Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-07.07.12
20/07/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 7, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 127,611 3,145 419,199 8,362 2,942 - 91
Tuesday 130,981 3,455 418,209 8,025 2,364 - 215
Wednesday 1,280 3 1,048 71 85 - -
Thursday 126,830 3,044 416,870 6,952 2,372 - 159
Friday 127,438 3,511 408,732 7,624 1,882 - 200
Saturday 61,357 - 80,927 50 34 - -
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Total 575,497 13,158 1,744,985 31,084 9,679 - 665
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%Steers 54.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 90.5
%Heifers 26.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 9.5
%Cows 17.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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, July 7, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 457.6 Cattle 1,298 796
Steers 859
Heifers 786
Cows 606
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 1.9 Calves 239 142
Pork 352.2 Hogs 269 202
Barrows and gilts 199
Sows 306
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 149 75
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 76
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Total meat
production 814.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 7, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 575,497
Steers 314,388 54.6
Heifers 152,143 26.4
Dairy cows 44,788 7.8
Other cows 55,968 9.7
Bulls 8,210 1.4
Calves Total 13,158
Hogs Total 1,744,985
Barrows and gilts 1,697,074 97.3
Sows 43,237 2.5
Boars 4,674 0.3
Sheep Total 31,084
Mature sheep 2,951 9.5
Lambs and yearlings 28,133 90.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 7, 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 66,339 36,287 80.4 8,249 14,498 17.8
Tuesday 74,003 29,971 79.4 11,283 13,715 19.1
Wednesday 46 179 17.6 898 113 79.0
Thursday 68,846 32,589 80.0 11,458 12,196 18.7
Friday 69,777 32,071 79.9 11,302 12,392 18.6
Saturday 35,377 21,046 92.0 1,598 3,054 7.6
Total 314,388 152,143 81.1 44,788 55,968 17.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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