Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-14.07.12
27/07/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 14, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,170 3,042 393,421 8,847 2,334 - 100
Tuesday 129,313 3,444 391,843 9,045 2,385 - 210
Wednesday 125,772 2,336 395,011 5,662 1,245 - 233
Thursday 127,657 2,837 392,117 7,789 2,459 - 160
Friday 123,538 3,432 387,380 6,858 2,043 - 235
Saturday 13,422 - 694 42 30 - 54
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Total 644,872 15,091 1,960,466 38,243 10,496 - 992
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%Steers 52.8 %Barrows & gilts 96.7 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 26.2 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 19.4 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.6
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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 14, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 508.2 Cattle 1,294 790
Steers 860
Heifers 780
Cows 601
Bulls 884
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 231 138
Pork 396.0 Hogs 270 202
Barrows and gilts 199
Sows 307
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 143 71
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 909.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 14, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 644,872
Steers 340,326 52.8
Heifers 169,120 26.2
Dairy cows 57,034 8.8
Other cows 67,801 10.5
Bulls 10,591 1.6
Calves Total 15,091
Hogs Total 1,960,466
Barrows and gilts 1,895,619 96.7
Sows 57,687 2.9
Boars 7,160 0.4
Sheep Total 38,243
Mature sheep 2,586 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,657 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 14, 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 69,713 32,621 81.8 8,027 13,266 17.0
Tuesday 69,706 33,031 79.4 12,284 12,461 19.1
Wednesday 64,877 34,212 78.8 11,296 13,298 19.6
Thursday 66,175 35,597 79.7 11,781 12,154 18.7
Friday 65,607 31,860 78.9 12,003 11,823 19.3
Saturday 4,248 1,799 45.1 1,643 4,799 48.0
Total 340,326 169,120 79.0 57,034 67,801 19.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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