Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-15.09.12
28/09/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 15, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 128,235 3,691 435,619 9,816 2,980 - 157
Tuesday 128,002 3,254 436,597 7,941 2,532 - 184
Wednesday 120,572 3,449 433,355 8,825 1,394 - 92
Thursday 127,907 2,834 432,320 7,622 2,030 - 163
Friday 127,248 3,104 427,818 8,204 2,488 - 159
Saturday 18,419 305 261,235 226 46 - -
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Total 650,383 16,637 2,426,944 42,634 11,470 - 755
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%Steers 48.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 89.5
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 10.5
%Cows 19.7 %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, September 15, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 516.9 Cattle 1,310 796
Steers 869
Heifers 801
Cows 602
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 233 137
Pork 491.0 Hogs 271 202
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 302
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 148 74
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 1,013.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 15, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 650,383
Steers 317,098 48.8
Heifers 194,030 29.8
Dairy cows 63,370 9.7
Other cows 64,518 9.9
Bulls 11,367 1.7
Calves Total 16,637
Hogs Total 2,426,944
Barrows and gilts 2,355,032 97.0
Sows 64,883 2.7
Boars 7,029 0.3
Sheep Total 42,634
Mature sheep 4,462 10.5
Lambs and yearlings 38,172 89.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 15, 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 70,150 34,510 81.6 10,009 11,662 16.9
Tuesday 65,092 34,885 78.1 12,627 13,362 20.3
Wednesday 60,696 33,079 77.8 13,293 11,337 20.4
Thursday 58,162 42,538 78.7 12,016 12,745 19.4
Friday 56,038 43,426 78.2 13,737 11,664 20.0
Saturday 6,960 5,592 68.1 1,688 3,748 29.5
Total 317,098 194,030 78.6 63,370 64,518 19.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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