Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 21.03.09
03/04/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 21, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 121,592 3,572 420,571 9,523 3,401 0 149
Tuesday 125,707 3,902 425,593 8,981 2,324 0 206
Wednesday 123,169 3,286 422,863 9,532 2,183 0 223
Thursday 121,348 2,983 425,563 9,432 2,692 0 324
Friday 118,567 3,822 418,256 8,502 1,681 0 186
Saturday 7,753 370 44,872 2,090 25 0 50
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Total 618,136 17,935 2,157,718 48,060 12,306 0 1,138
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%Steers 49.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.6
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 4.4
%Cows 18.0 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.6
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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, March 21, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 487.8 Cattle 1,309 792
Steers 848
Heifers 791
Cows 629
Bulls 879
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 254 149
Pork 440.8 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 301
Boars 195
Lamb & Mutton 3.6 Sheep 147 74
Mature Sheep 71
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 934.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 21, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 618,136
: Steers : 304,294 49.2
: Heifers : 192,848 31.2
: Dairy Cows : 54,134 8.8
: Other Cows : 57,024 9.2
: Bulls : 9,836 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,935
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,157,718
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,087,915 96.8
: Sows : 61,394 2.8
: Boars : 8,409 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 48,060
: Mature Sheep : 2,135 4.4
: Lamb/Yearlings : 45,925 95.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 21, 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. : 62,362 36,431 81.2 9,071 11,902 17.2
Tue. : 59,724 41,862 80.8 10,739 11,500 17.7
Wed. : 61,020 38,409 80.7 11,314 10,530 17.7
Thu. : 60,935 37,092 80.8 9,968 11,160 17.4
Fri. : 57,011 37,054 79.3 11,111 11,386 19.0
Sat. : 3,242 2,000 67.6 1,931 546 31.9
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Total : 304,294 192,848 80.4 54,134 57,024 18.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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