Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 28.03.09
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 28, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 117,121 3,718 422,328 10,538 3,309 0 129
Tuesday 127,054 3,878 428,238 9,856 2,358 0 257
Wednesday 123,792 3,295 424,464 9,362 1,788 0 87
Thursday 123,702 2,955 429,059 10,015 2,310 0 279
Friday 87,573 3,359 399,170 8,197 2,572 0 257
Saturday 5,254 195 93,894 4,379 36 0 0
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Total 584,496 17,400 2,197,153 52,347 12,373 0 1,009
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 96.1
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 3.9
%Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 28, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 459.4 Cattle 1,304 789
Steers 846
Heifers 787
Cows 628
Bulls 876
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 267 158
Pork 448.6 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 302
Boars 196
Lamb & Mutton 3.8 Sheep 145 73
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 914.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 28, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 584,496
: Steers : 287,206 49.1
: Heifers : 177,744 30.4
: Dairy Cows : 51,099 8.7
: Other Cows : 57,335 9.8
: Bulls : 11,112 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,400
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,197,153
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,128,612 96.9
: Sows : 61,127 2.8
: Boars : 7,414 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 52,347
: Mature Sheep : 2,062 3.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 50,285 96.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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. : 57,034 37,094 80.4 8,424 12,402 17.8
Tue. : 63,849 37,954 80.1 11,240 11,846 18.2
Wed. : 60,433 38,631 80.0 10,630 11,707 18.0
Thu. : 61,857 39,484 81.9 9,792 10,673 16.5
Fri. : 41,387 23,150 73.7 10,249 10,386 23.6
Sat. : 2,646 1,431 77.6 764 321 20.7
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Total : 287,206 177,744 79.5 51,099 57,335 18.6
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
