Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-24.11.12
07/12/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 24, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 128,110 3,723 435,282 8,602 3,285 - 111
Tuesday 130,580 3,342 432,594 8,448 2,731 - 259
Wednesday 129,046 3,793 428,992 4,800 2,333 - 103
Thursday 424 533 1,225 - - - -
Friday 125,511 2,734 406,720 7,570 2,249 - 102
Saturday 67,401 - 360,712 988 26 - -
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Total 581,072 14,125 2,065,525 30,408 10,624 - 575
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%Steers 48.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.1 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 20.2 %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 24, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 463.6 Cattle 1,320 799
Steers 874
Heifers 806
Cows 603
Bulls 869
Calves and veal 2.0 Calves 242 143
Pork 425.8 Hogs 276 206
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 301
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 893.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 24, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 581,072
Steers 281,718 48.5
Heifers 172,018 29.6
Dairy cows 49,777 8.6
Other cows 67,816 11.7
Bulls 9,743 1.7
Calves Total 14,125
Hogs Total 2,065,525
Barrows and gilts 2,015,882 97.6
Sows 43,647 2.1
Boars 5,996 0.3
Sheep Total 30,408
Mature sheep 1,743 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 28,665 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 24, 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 61,041 39,792 78.7 9,243 15,659 19.4
Tuesday 67,703 34,935 78.6 12,126 13,678 19.8
Wednesday 60,885 39,713 78.0 12,856 13,358 20.3
Thursday 49 - 11.6 311 44 83.7
Friday 62,273 36,390 78.6 11,101 14,062 20.0
Saturday 29,767 21,188 75.6 4,140 11,015 22.5
Total 281,718 172,018 78.1 49,777 67,816 20.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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