Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-22.12.12
04/01/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 22, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 99,749 3,333 432,548 9,751 3,522 - 47
Tuesday 126,768 3,276 434,284 8,775 2,757 - 159
Wednesday 126,430 3,443 431,526 7,093 2,098 - 202
Thursday 117,650 2,920 346,991 9,082 2,781 - 241
Friday 123,637 3,709 410,504 7,569 2,256 - 107
Saturday 37,319 1 301,774 2,989 208 - 40
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Total 631,553 16,682 2,357,627 45,259 13,622 - 796
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 27.9 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.1
%Cows 21.7 %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, December 22, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 503.9 Cattle 1,326 800
Steers 873
Heifers 814
Cows 609
Bulls 874
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 259 153
Pork 485.6 Hogs 275 206
Barrows and gilts 203
Sows 306
Boars 210
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 995.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 22, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 631,553
Steers 307,375 48.7
Heifers 175,923 27.9
Dairy cows 67,499 10.7
Other cows 69,345 11.0
Bulls 11,411 1.8
Calves Total 16,682
Hogs Total 2,357,627
Barrows and gilts 2,288,561 97.1
Sows 62,197 2.6
Boars 6,869 0.3
Sheep Total 45,259
Mature sheep 2,318 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 42,941 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 22, 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 50,748 23,080 74.0 9,893 13,891 23.8
Tuesday 62,404 36,783 78.2 13,578 11,853 20.1
Wednesday 62,267 36,749 78.3 13,499 11,916 20.1
Thursday 58,295 32,161 76.9 13,173 12,228 21.6
Friday 60,795 36,309 78.5 12,536 11,861 19.7
Saturday 12,866 10,841 63.5 4,820 7,596 33.3
Total 307,375 175,923 76.5 67,499 69,345 21.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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