Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-18.08.12
31/08/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 18, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,554 3,146 418,516 9,522 4,395 - 44
Tuesday 126,437 3,336 419,859 7,761 2,612 - 162
Wednesday 128,087 3,078 416,896 8,996 2,175 - 184
Thursday 126,074 2,927 423,364 8,430 3,359 - 112
Friday 125,962 3,125 416,318 6,410 2,452 - 155
Saturday 15,009 6 81,010 205 362 - 57
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Total 643,123 15,618 2,175,963 41,324 15,355 - 714
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%Steers 50.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 92.2
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 7.8
%Cows 18.9 %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 18, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 509.3 Cattle 1,300 794
Steers 865
Heifers 792
Cows 596
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 242 143
Pork 437.5 Hogs 269 201
Barrows and gilts 198
Sows 307
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 951.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 18, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 643,123
Steers 324,528 50.5
Heifers 186,817 29.0
Dairy cows 60,968 9.5
Other cows 60,578 9.4
Bulls 10,232 1.6
Calves Total 15,618
Hogs Total 2,175,963
Barrows and gilts 2,108,044 96.9
Sows 60,730 2.8
Boars 7,189 0.3
Sheep Total 41,324
Mature sheep 3,239 7.8
Lambs and yearlings 38,085 92.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 18, 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 63,712 34,706 81.0 9,585 11,755 17.6
Tuesday 65,291 36,343 80.4 12,017 10,794 18.0
Wednesday 67,788 34,071 79.5 12,248 11,913 18.9
Thursday 63,537 37,060 79.8 11,858 11,599 18.6
Friday 58,533 40,178 78.4 12,726 12,354 19.9
Saturday 5,667 4,459 67.5 2,534 2,163 31.3
Total 324,528 186,817 79.5 60,968 60,578 18.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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