Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-10.11.12
23/11/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 10, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,874 3,389 433,123 8,584 2,337 - 49
Tuesday 128,518 2,944 431,053 8,508 2,145 - 171
Wednesday 115,329 3,231 435,482 8,522 1,620 - 216
Thursday 128,536 2,452 432,749 6,158 1,812 - 285
Friday 116,132 3,486 426,992 8,225 1,681 - 161
Saturday 23,938 - 196,195 1,580 65 - -
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Total 632,327 15,502 2,355,594 41,577 9,660 - 882
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%Steers 47.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 91.0
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 9.0
%Cows 23.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 10, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 499.6 Cattle 1,319 792
Steers 876
Heifers 805
Cows 595
Bulls 860
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 245 144
Pork 484.3 Hogs 276 206
Barrows and gilts 203
Sows 305
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 60
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 988.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 10, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 632,327
Steers 300,536 47.5
Heifers 174,419 27.6
Dairy cows 64,255 10.2
Other cows 81,096 12.8
Bulls 12,021 1.9
Calves Total 15,502
Hogs Total 2,355,594
Barrows and gilts 2,285,372 97.0
Sows 64,188 2.7
Boars 6,034 0.3
Sheep Total 41,577
Mature sheep 3,731 9.0
Lambs and yearlings 37,846 91.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 10, 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 58,188 34,190 77.1 9,678 15,667 21.1
Tuesday 63,418 37,300 78.4 11,940 13,802 20.0
Wednesday 51,576 34,315 74.5 13,296 13,819 23.5
Thursday 63,557 36,062 77.5 12,259 14,538 20.8
Friday 57,390 29,854 75.1 12,655 13,766 22.8
Saturday 6,407 2,698 38.0 4,427 9,504 58.2
Total 300,536 174,419 75.1 64,255 81,096 23.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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