Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection - 21.07.12
03/08/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 21, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,158 3,183 377,299 9,424 4,044 - 153
Tuesday 128,531 3,746 399,223 8,298 2,942 - 183
Wednesday 125,969 2,880 398,905 8,571 2,514 - 107
Thursday 126,840 2,735 396,374 8,058 3,024 - 182
Friday 127,724 2,864 387,810 5,986 2,319 - 170
Saturday 18,354 - 1,498 30 33 - 56
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Total 652,576 15,408 1,961,109 40,367 14,876 - 851
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%Steers 52.2 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 91.7
%Heifers 25.7 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 8.3
%Cows 20.3 %Boars 0.4
%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, July 21, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 514.2 Cattle 1,300 790
Steers 859
Heifers 786
Cows 606
Bulls 868
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 250 139
Pork 394.7 Hogs 269 201
Barrows and gilts 198
Sows 307
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 141 70
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 914.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 21, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 652,576
Steers 340,963 52.2
Heifers 167,525 25.7
Dairy cows 60,282 9.2
Other cows 72,070 11.0
Bulls 11,736 1.8
Calves Total 15,408
Hogs Total 1,961,109
Barrows and gilts 1,897,454 96.8
Sows 56,490 2.9
Boars 7,165 0.4
Sheep Total 40,367
Mature sheep 3,350 8.3
Lambs and yearlings 37,017 91.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 21, 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 66,655 34,893 81.1 8,593 12,800 17.1
Tuesday 67,580 33,608 78.7 11,708 13,465 19.6
Wednesday 69,151 29,362 78.2 12,344 13,144 20.2
Thursday 67,444 33,024 79.2 11,475 12,657 19.0
Friday 65,413 35,692 79.2 12,319 12,218 19.2
Saturday 4,720 946 30.9 3,843 7,786 63.4
Total 340,963 167,525 77.9 60,282 72,070 20.3
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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