Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.02.09
13/03/2009
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 28, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 118,481 3,682 423,271 8,707 3,500 0 194
Tuesday 123,750 3,992 428,423 8,190 1,934 0 240
Wednesday 124,557 3,297 431,078 8,581 1,535 0 214
Thursday 120,721 3,017 422,547 8,815 1,873 0 264
Friday 111,983 3,935 410,120 7,178 1,888 0 192
Saturday 19,332 0 63,113 25 23 0 58
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Total 618,824 17,923 2,178,552 41,496 10,753 0 1,162
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 31.4 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 4.6
%Cows 18.5 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.5
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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 plants, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 28, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 489.5 Cattle 1,313 794
Steers 851
Heifers 797
Cows 629
Bulls 876
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 251 148
Pork 444.2 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 301
Boars 195
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 145 72
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 939.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 28, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 618,824
: Steers : 300,459 48.6
: Heifers : 194,095 31.4
: Dairy Cows : 57,968 9.4
: Other Cows : 56,791 9.2
: Bulls : 9,511 1.5
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,923
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,178,552
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,108,198 96.8
: Sows : 61,165 2.8
: Boars : 9,189 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,496
: Mature Sheep : 1,922 4.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,574 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 28, 2009
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: Number of Head Slaughtered
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Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as
of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of
Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle
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Mon. : 55,513 38,963 79.7 9,047 12,888 18.5
Tue. : 57,972 41,364 80.3 11,428 11,207 18.3
Wed. : 59,412 39,262 79.2 12,604 11,268 19.2
Thu. : 58,571 38,375 80.3 11,472 10,577 18.3
Fri. : 57,557 31,037 79.1 11,270 10,278 19.2
Sat. : 11,434 5,094 85.5 2,147 573 14.1
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Total : 300,459 194,095 79.9 57,968 56,791 18.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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