Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-06.10.12
19/10/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,957 3,159 436,674 9,197 3,023 - 89
Tuesday 124,664 3,353 426,563 8,083 2,082 - 96
Wednesday 122,343 3,085 434,716 9,124 1,460 - 176
Thursday 121,265 2,812 432,665 8,289 2,152 - 251
Friday 115,578 3,528 432,061 5,929 1,946 - 134
Saturday 14,447 - 194,025 91 45 - -
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Total 623,254 15,937 2,356,704 40,713 10,708 - 746
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%Steers 50.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 86.5
%Heifers 27.0 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 13.5
%Cows 20.7 %Boars 0.2
%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, October 6, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 498.6 Cattle 1,323 802
Steers 880
Heifers 807
Cows 597
Bulls 863
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 226 133
Pork 478.3 Hogs 273 203
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 305
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 143 71
Mature sheep 57
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 981.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 623,254
Steers 314,495 50.5
Heifers 168,179 27.0
Dairy cows 63,406 10.2
Other cows 65,796 10.6
Bulls 11,378 1.8
Calves Total 15,937
Hogs Total 2,356,704
Barrows and gilts 2,283,940 96.9
Sows 67,304 2.9
Boars 5,460 0.2
Sheep Total 40,713
Mature sheep 5,509 13.5
Lambs and yearlings 35,204 86.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 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 66,748 32,511 79.4 9,812 13,607 18.7
Tuesday 65,276 32,844 78.7 12,889 11,678 19.7
Wednesday 60,404 34,422 77.5 13,002 12,194 20.6
Thursday 60,967 33,864 78.2 12,162 12,132 20.0
Friday 57,358 31,131 76.6 12,828 12,058 21.5
Saturday 3,742 3,407 49.5 2,713 4,127 47.3
Total 314,495 168,179 77.4 63,406 65,796 20.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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