Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-13.10.12
26/10/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 13, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,388 3,055 430,053 6,694 1,405 - 47
Tuesday 127,567 3,174 432,194 9,322 3,001 - 175
Wednesday 126,952 3,151 429,283 9,144 1,592 - 152
Thursday 119,446 2,896 432,351 7,963 2,180 - 125
Friday 114,214 3,186 428,184 5,194 2,299 - 173
Saturday 20,486 - 235,663 191 38 - -
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Total 633,053 15,462 2,387,728 38,508 10,515 - 672
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%Steers 49.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 91.2
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 8.8
%Cows 21.0 %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, October 13, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 504.5 Cattle 1,321 799
Steers 880
Heifers 800
Cows 597
Bulls 865
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 241 141
Pork 486.1 Hogs 273 204
Barrows and gilts 201
Sows 305
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 146 73
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 995.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 13, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 633,053
Steers 313,955 49.6
Heifers 174,958 27.6
Dairy cows 63,036 10.0
Other cows 69,909 11.0
Bulls 11,195 1.8
Calves Total 15,462
Hogs Total 2,387,728
Barrows and gilts 2,317,499 97.1
Sows 62,699 2.6
Boars 7,530 0.3
Sheep Total 38,508
Mature sheep 3,383 8.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,125 91.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 13, 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 64,950 34,279 79.8 9,441 13,740 18.6
Tuesday 64,041 36,544 78.8 12,878 12,179 19.6
Wednesday 61,597 36,943 77.6 13,200 13,001 20.6
Thursday 59,241 33,535 77.7 12,482 12,227 20.7
Friday 55,704 30,276 75.3 13,322 12,668 22.8
Saturday 8,422 3,381 57.6 1,713 6,094 38.1
Total 313,955 174,958 77.2 63,036 69,909 21.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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