Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 11.04.09
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 11, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 112,528 3,768 415,161 10,925 4,840 0 117
Tuesday 122,287 3,195 425,509 10,986 3,002 0 269
Wednesday 118,803 3,091 428,453 10,753 2,995 0 306
Thursday 123,876 2,171 425,383 10,806 2,767 0 220
Friday 119,699 3,082 396,546 7,268 2,229 0 105
Saturday 2,302 0 35,573 218 25 0 0
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Total 599,495 15,307 2,126,625 50,956 15,858 0 1,017
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%Steers 49.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 31.1 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 4.5
%Cows 17.6 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.8
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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, April 11, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 465.1 Cattle 1,286 778
Steers 835
Heifers 771
Cows 619
Bulls 883
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 274 162
Pork 433.7 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 302
Boars 204
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 132 66
Mature Sheep 70
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 904.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 11, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 599,495
: Steers : 297,379 49.6
: Heifers : 186,336 31.1
: Dairy Cows : 49,402 8.2
: Other Cows : 55,827 9.3
: Bulls : 10,551 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,307
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,126,625
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,061,754 96.9
: Sows : 57,406 2.7
: Boars : 7,465 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 50,956
: Mature Sheep : 2,273 4.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 48,683 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 11, 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. : 54,337 36,716 80.9 8,513 11,083 17.4
Tue. : 62,449 35,688 80.3 10,538 11,262 17.8
Wed. : 58,199 36,306 79.5 10,382 11,612 18.5
Thu. : 60,061 40,795 81.4 9,730 11,393 17.1
Fri. : 60,465 36,816 81.3 9,995 10,312 17.0
Sat. : 1,868 15 81.8 244 165 17.8
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Total : 297,379 186,336 80.7 49,402 55,827 17.6
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
