Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-11.08.12
24/08/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 11, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,229 3,320 362,301 9,467 3,421 - 57
Tuesday 126,910 3,439 410,650 7,122 2,498 - 148
Wednesday 127,390 2,824 412,168 8,279 1,834 - 154
Thursday 124,691 2,956 412,253 8,534 2,364 - 197
Friday 125,544 3,365 410,344 6,781 1,836 - 239
Saturday 10,466 30 38,471 681 31 - -
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Total 640,230 15,934 2,046,187 40,864 11,984 - 795
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%Steers 52.9 %Barrows & gilts 96.7 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 27.0 %Sows 3.0 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.3
%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, August 11, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 507.5 Cattle 1,301 794
Steers 862
Heifers 789
Cows 597
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 238 140
Pork 410.8 Hogs 268 201
Barrows and gilts 197
Sows 308
Boars 215
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 923.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 11, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 640,230
Steers 338,938 52.9
Heifers 172,729 27.0
Dairy cows 57,286 8.9
Other cows 60,797 9.5
Bulls 10,480 1.6
Calves Total 15,934
Hogs Total 2,046,187
Barrows and gilts 1,978,131 96.7
Sows 61,264 3.0
Boars 6,792 0.3
Sheep Total 40,864
Mature sheep 2,761 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 38,103 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 11, 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 68,541 33,426 81.4 8,477 12,764 17.0
Tuesday 70,283 30,706 79.6 12,362 11,520 18.8
Wednesday 67,234 34,727 80.0 11,985 11,362 18.3
Thursday 62,784 36,099 79.3 11,523 12,077 18.9
Friday 65,648 34,766 80.0 11,621 11,602 18.5
Saturday 4,448 3,005 71.2 1,318 1,472 26.7
Total 338,938 172,729 79.9 57,286 60,797 18.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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