Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-01.12.12
14/12/2012
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 1, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,479 3,348 430,141 9,028 2,881 - 52
Tuesday 121,447 3,635 432,428 7,662 1,973 - 148
Wednesday 122,916 3,622 428,596 7,736 1,170 - 231
Thursday 127,434 3,214 432,935 7,770 2,168 - 354
Friday 121,306 3,472 426,867 7,583 1,506 - 192
Saturday 26,794 - 247,272 33 14 - -
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Total 639,376 17,291 2,398,239 39,812 9,712 - 977
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%Steers 47.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 22.4 %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, December 1, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 509.3 Cattle 1,329 798
Steers 876
Heifers 814
Cows 608
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 235 138
Pork 496.5 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 301
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 1,011.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 1, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 639,376
Steers 303,007 47.4
Heifers 181,530 28.4
Dairy cows 65,120 10.2
Other cows 78,219 12.2
Bulls 11,500 1.8
Calves Total 17,291
Hogs Total 2,398,239
Barrows and gilts 2,325,923 97.0
Sows 64,535 2.7
Boars 7,781 0.3
Sheep Total 39,812
Mature sheep 2,214 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 37,598 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 1, 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 54,811 39,776 79.2 7,583 15,548 19.4
Tuesday 60,951 32,708 77.1 12,784 13,064 21.3
Wednesday 61,016 32,243 75.9 13,799 13,567 22.3
Thursday 61,490 37,623 77.8 12,776 13,574 20.7
Friday 56,668 35,282 75.8 13,409 13,717 22.4
Saturday 8,071 3,898 44.7 4,769 8,749 50.5
Total 303,007 181,530 75.8 65,120 78,219 22.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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