Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-22.09.12
05/10/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 22, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,161 3,348 435,723 9,298 3,144 - 53
Tuesday 126,524 3,244 434,193 7,878 2,309 - 123
Wednesday 123,754 3,145 435,683 9,337 1,622 - 197
Thursday 125,974 2,596 432,779 7,905 1,978 - 191
Friday 101,221 3,224 425,291 6,927 1,939 - 191
Saturday 22,362 - 238,060 240 86 - -
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Total 625,996 15,557 2,401,729 41,585 11,078 - 755
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%Steers 50.3 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 87.9
%Heifers 27.3 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 12.1
%Cows 20.5 %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 22, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 499.1 Cattle 1,320 799
Steers 874
Heifers 805
Cows 599
Bulls 877
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 236 138
Pork 485.7 Hogs 271 202
Barrows and gilts 199
Sows 301
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 146 73
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 990.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 22, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 625,996
Steers 315,048 50.3
Heifers 170,589 27.3
Dairy cows 63,004 10.1
Other cows 65,498 10.5
Bulls 11,857 1.9
Calves Total 15,557
Hogs Total 2,401,729
Barrows and gilts 2,327,003 96.9
Sows 66,747 2.8
Boars 7,979 0.3
Sheep Total 41,585
Mature sheep 5,020 12.1
Lambs and yearlings 36,565 87.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 22, 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 68,416 32,501 80.0 9,315 13,724 18.3
Tuesday 64,823 33,515 77.7 13,791 12,203 20.5
Wednesday 60,001 38,586 79.7 12,769 10,446 18.8
Thursday 63,395 35,326 78.4 12,382 12,492 19.7
Friday 49,593 24,406 73.1 12,907 11,858 24.5
Saturday 8,820 6,255 67.4 1,840 4,775 29.6
Total 315,048 170,589 77.6 63,004 65,498 20.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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