Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-01.09.12
14/09/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 1, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,238 3,145 432,310 8,639 3,719 - 93
Tuesday 127,000 3,030 432,325 7,933 2,268 - 175
Wednesday 123,070 2,993 434,340 8,599 1,533 - 153
Thursday 123,047 2,702 428,999 8,208 2,399 - 155
Friday 122,707 3,022 411,486 7,248 2,090 - 140
Saturday 20,974 - 138,196 337 109 - -
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Total 641,036 14,892 2,277,656 40,964 12,118 - 716
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%Steers 49.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 89.3
%Heifers 28.7 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 10.7
%Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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, September 1, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 506.2 Cattle 1,304 791
Steers 865
Heifers 793
Cows 599
Bulls 881
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 260 154
Pork 458.5 Hogs 269 201
Barrows and gilts 198
Sows 306
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 146 73
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 970.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 1, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 641,036
Steers 316,226 49.3
Heifers 184,022 28.7
Dairy cows 62,687 9.8
Other cows 66,016 10.3
Bulls 12,085 1.9
Calves Total 14,892
Hogs Total 2,277,656
Barrows and gilts 2,210,071 97.0
Sows 60,906 2.7
Boars 6,679 0.3
Sheep Total 40,964
Mature sheep 4,385 10.7
Lambs and yearlings 36,579 89.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 1, 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 62,029 37,069 79.8 9,808 13,379 18.7
Tuesday 65,494 34,157 78.5 12,539 12,398 19.6
Wednesday 60,030 36,874 78.7 12,732 11,386 19.6
Thursday 59,884 36,855 78.6 11,621 12,191 19.4
Friday 60,215 35,908 78.3 12,216 12,033 19.8
Saturday 8,574 3,159 55.9 3,771 4,629 40.0
Total 316,226 184,022 78.0 62,687 66,016 20.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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