Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-3.11.12
16/11/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 3, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,939 3,367 426,066 8,033 2,244 - 95
Tuesday 124,891 2,605 417,823 7,251 1,117 - 148
Wednesday 112,313 2,943 430,322 7,712 1,243 - 158
Thursday 128,666 2,594 432,246 7,402 1,477 - 264
Friday 128,370 3,500 430,443 6,590 1,428 - 98
Saturday 31,159 298 221,657 153 119 - -
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Total 645,338 15,307 2,358,557 37,141 7,628 - 763
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%Steers 47.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 92.0
%Heifers 29.5 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 8.0
%Cows 21.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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, November 3, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 511.1 Cattle 1,320 794
Steers 873
Heifers 806
Cows 597
Bulls 856
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 239 140
Pork 483.0 Hogs 275 205
Barrows and gilts 202
Sows 304
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 60
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 998.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 3, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 645,338
Steers 305,482 47.3
Heifers 190,164 29.5
Dairy cows 62,492 9.7
Other cows 76,277 11.8
Bulls 10,923 1.7
Calves Total 15,307
Hogs Total 2,358,557
Barrows and gilts 2,291,767 97.2
Sows 60,196 2.6
Boars 6,594 0.3
Sheep Total 37,141
Mature sheep 2,985 8.0
Lambs and yearlings 34,156 92.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 3, 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 58,445 35,750 78.5 9,020 14,700 19.8
Tuesday 63,903 34,186 78.5 11,737 13,231 20.0
Wednesday 51,473 32,370 74.7 12,815 13,583 23.5
Thursday 57,827 41,905 77.5 12,073 14,537 20.7
Friday 61,192 38,440 77.6 12,958 13,665 20.7
Saturday 12,642 7,513 64.7 3,889 6,561 33.5
Total 305,482 190,164 76.8 62,492 76,277 21.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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