Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-04.08.12
17/08/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 4, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,358 3,288 407,602 8,705 3,346 - 50
Tuesday 126,419 3,568 408,251 8,255 2,357 - 164
Wednesday 127,129 2,851 410,180 8,841 1,267 - 96
Thursday 124,693 2,448 403,156 7,794 1,721 - 128
Friday 127,303 3,443 404,948 6,413 2,422 - 210
Saturday 17,401 - 5,927 31 36 - -
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Total 644,303 15,598 2,040,064 40,039 11,149 - 648
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%Steers 51.7 %Barrows & gilts 96.6 %Lambs & yearlings 91.3
%Heifers 27.9 %Sows 3.1 %Mature sheep 8.7
%Cows 18.8 %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, August 4, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 510.0 Cattle 1,300 793
Steers 862
Heifers 789
Cows 600
Bulls 886
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 220 130
Pork 409.0 Hogs 268 201
Barrows and gilts 197
Sows 306
Boars 212
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 147 74
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 924.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 4, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 644,303
Steers 333,162 51.7
Heifers 179,612 27.9
Dairy cows 59,022 9.2
Other cows 61,833 9.6
Bulls 10,674 1.7
Calves Total 15,598
Hogs Total 2,040,064
Barrows and gilts 1,969,865 96.6
Sows 62,872 3.1
Boars 7,327 0.4
Sheep Total 40,039
Mature sheep 3,472 8.7
Lambs and yearlings 36,567 91.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 4, 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 65,094 32,633 80.5 8,601 13,058 17.8
Tuesday 64,886 34,800 78.9 12,378 12,337 19.6
Wednesday 67,852 33,239 79.5 12,242 11,928 19.0
Thursday 65,704 33,075 79.2 11,912 11,543 18.8
Friday 61,572 39,386 79.3 12,673 11,552 19.0
Saturday 8,054 6,479 83.5 1,216 1,415 15.1
Total 333,162 179,612 79.6 59,022 61,833 18.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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