Actual Slaughter Under Federal Protection-29.12.12
11/01/2013
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 29, 2012
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 32,028 2,384 151,043 6,538 2,691 - -
Tuesday 3 - - 3 - - -
Wednesday 121,347 2,543 421,814 8,087 2,574 - 154
Thursday 129,209 2,811 426,599 8,771 1,628 - 267
Friday 129,224 3,511 431,952 7,783 2,450 - 129
Saturday 64,720 917 332,484 1,771 469 - -
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Total 476,531 12,166 1,763,892 32,953 9,812 - 550
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%Steers 49.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.8 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.0 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 19.6 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.1
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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 29, 2012
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 382.7 Cattle 1,328 805
Steers 873
Heifers 811
Cows 616
Bulls 889
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 246 144
Pork 364.7 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 301
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 135 67
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 751.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 29, 2012
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 476,531
Steers 236,955 49.7
Heifers 140,917 29.6
Dairy cows 43,118 9.0
Other cows 50,398 10.6
Bulls 5,143 1.1
Calves Total 12,166
Hogs Total 1,763,892
Barrows and gilts 1,724,940 97.8
Sows 34,979 2.0
Boars 3,973 0.2
Sheep Total 32,953
Mature sheep 2,006 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 30,947 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 29, 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 15,181 6,525 67.8 5,301 4,434 30.4
Tuesday 3 - 100.0 - - -
Wednesday 62,309 37,912 82.6 8,030 12,057 16.6
Thursday 64,147 38,913 79.8 10,910 13,754 19.1
Friday 65,367 38,094 80.1 13,086 11,469 19.0
Saturday 29,948 19,473 76.4 5,791 8,684 22.4
Total 236,955 140,917 79.3 43,118 50,398 19.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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