Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-17.11.12
30/11/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 17, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,625 3,302 400,181 7,689 1,563 - 49
Tuesday 129,440 3,143 434,579 7,945 3,179 - 186
Wednesday 120,524 3,305 436,458 8,769 2,197 - 147
Thursday 128,156 2,844 435,956 7,810 2,185 - 339
Friday 114,259 3,446 429,009 7,280 2,362 - 148
Saturday 21,787 - 237,692 25 80 - 136
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Total 626,791 16,040 2,373,875 39,518 11,566 - 1,005
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%Steers 47.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 22.7 %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, November 17, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 497.3 Cattle 1,325 795
Steers 872
Heifers 815
Cows 603
Bulls 861
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 247 145
Pork 487.4 Hogs 276 205
Barrows and gilts 203
Sows 302
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 989.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 17, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 626,791
Steers 299,223 47.7
Heifers 173,958 27.8
Dairy cows 65,280 10.4
Other cows 76,891 12.3
Bulls 11,439 1.8
Calves Total 16,040
Hogs Total 2,373,875
Barrows and gilts 2,304,129 97.1
Sows 62,044 2.6
Boars 7,702 0.3
Sheep Total 39,518
Mature sheep 2,117 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 37,401 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 17, 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 48,609 38,148 77.0 8,748 15,102 21.2
Tuesday 67,432 33,797 78.2 12,464 13,581 20.1
Wednesday 59,745 31,473 75.7 13,289 13,793 22.5
Thursday 65,316 34,763 78.1 12,749 13,360 20.4
Friday 54,192 31,717 75.2 13,532 12,683 22.9
Saturday 3,929 4,060 36.7 4,498 8,372 59.1
Total 299,223 173,958 75.5 65,280 76,891 22.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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