Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-20.10.12
02/11/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,409 3,223 435,758 8,906 2,884 - 38
Tuesday 128,242 3,286 431,938 7,221 2,314 - 182
Wednesday 123,862 3,156 432,648 8,946 1,526 - 237
Thursday 123,166 2,904 430,315 8,373 2,229 - 287
Friday 117,197 3,498 418,179 6,985 1,595 - 85
Saturday 21,790 - 233,023 38 36 - -
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Total 638,666 16,067 2,381,861 40,469 10,584 - 829
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 89.2
%Heifers 28.3 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 10.8
%Cows 21.2 %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 20, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 509.8 Cattle 1,324 800
Steers 879
Heifers 807
Cows 600
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 235 140
Pork 485.6 Hogs 274 204
Barrows and gilts 201
Sows 304
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 60
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 1,000.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 638,666
Steers 311,246 48.7
Heifers 180,708 28.3
Dairy cows 62,569 9.8
Other cows 72,867 11.4
Bulls 11,276 1.8
Calves Total 16,067
Hogs Total 2,381,861
Barrows and gilts 2,310,930 97.0
Sows 63,774 2.7
Boars 7,157 0.3
Sheep Total 40,469
Mature sheep 4,380 10.8
Lambs and yearlings 36,089 89.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 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 66,037 33,075 79.7 9,149 14,105 18.7
Tuesday 67,513 32,832 78.2 13,019 12,765 20.1
Wednesday 58,453 36,827 76.9 13,271 13,160 21.3
Thursday 60,200 37,164 79.1 11,313 12,502 19.3
Friday 53,064 36,381 76.3 13,217 12,447 21.9
Saturday 5,979 4,429 47.8 2,600 7,888 48.1
Total 311,246 180,708 77.0 62,569 72,867 21.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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