Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-28.07.12
10/08/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 28, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,665 3,325 400,409 8,679 3,447 - 74
Tuesday 127,001 3,331 403,017 7,683 2,412 - 170
Wednesday 126,629 2,844 403,064 8,213 1,747 - 191
Thursday 123,842 2,471 396,807 7,577 2,044 - 104
Friday 118,054 3,315 394,446 5,623 1,491 - 263
Saturday 11,895 - 12,205 33 57 - -
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Total 634,086 15,286 2,009,948 37,808 11,198 - 802
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%Steers 52.3 %Barrows & gilts 96.6 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 26.7 %Sows 3.1 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 19.2 %Boars 0.3
%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, July 28, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 501.1 Cattle 1,299 792
Steers 862
Heifers 789
Cows 597
Bulls 875
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 235 139
Pork 402.9 Hogs 268 201
Barrows and gilts 197
Sows 306
Boars 213
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 143 71
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 908.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 28, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 634,086
Steers 331,804 52.3
Heifers 169,501 26.7
Dairy cows 55,910 8.8
Other cows 66,022 10.4
Bulls 10,849 1.7
Calves Total 15,286
Hogs Total 2,009,948
Barrows and gilts 1,941,959 96.6
Sows 61,436 3.1
Boars 6,553 0.3
Sheep Total 37,808
Mature sheep 2,481 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 35,327 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 28, 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 69,153 32,831 80.5 8,631 13,978 17.8
Tuesday 65,232 36,152 79.8 11,888 11,659 18.5
Wednesday 65,902 33,674 78.6 11,760 13,132 19.7
Thursday 64,720 34,581 80.2 10,686 11,908 18.2
Friday 62,274 29,547 77.8 11,854 12,135 20.3
Saturday 4,523 2,716 60.9 1,091 3,210 36.2
Total 331,804 169,501 79.1 55,910 66,022 19.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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