Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-29.09.12
12/10/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 29, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,442 3,189 434,123 9,628 3,142 - 101
Tuesday 127,483 2,988 438,490 8,104 2,234 - 189
Wednesday 120,345 2,969 434,562 9,276 1,699 - 79
Thursday 128,910 3,062 432,080 7,620 2,472 - 95
Friday 122,485 3,006 426,239 6,360 1,591 - 179
Saturday 23,418 - 175,517 271 42 - -
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Total 649,083 15,214 2,341,011 41,259 11,180 - 643
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 87.2
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 12.8
%Cows 20.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 29, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 517.0 Cattle 1,318 798
Steers 873
Heifers 807
Cows 602
Bulls 863
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 237 139
Pork 473.2 Hogs 271 202
Barrows and gilts 199
Sows 301
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 147 73
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 995.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 29, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 649,083
Steers 315,331 48.6
Heifers 189,522 29.2
Dairy cows 64,532 9.9
Other cows 67,733 10.4
Bulls 11,965 1.8
Calves Total 15,214
Hogs Total 2,341,011
Barrows and gilts 2,268,669 96.9
Sows 65,977 2.8
Boars 6,365 0.3
Sheep Total 41,259
Mature sheep 5,286 12.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,973 87.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 29, 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 64,668 35,972 79.6 9,878 13,672 18.6
Tuesday 63,695 34,954 77.4 13,897 12,662 20.8
Wednesday 57,023 35,520 76.9 13,761 11,827 21.3
Thursday 63,496 38,225 78.9 12,328 12,542 19.3
Friday 59,129 36,695 78.2 12,013 12,254 19.8
Saturday 7,320 8,156 66.1 2,655 4,776 31.7
Total 315,331 189,522 77.8 64,532 67,733 20.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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