Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 18.04.09
01/05/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 18, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 113,526 2,819 290,123 11,849 4,125 0 122
Tuesday 124,534 3,394 427,159 12,424 2,582 0 266
Wednesday 123,481 2,759 426,182 9,831 2,040 0 264
Thursday 124,630 2,120 426,846 10,954 2,982 0 277
Friday 113,110 3,658 418,374 7,107 1,665 0 94
Saturday 8,711 0 135,426 72 38 0 0
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Total 607,992 14,750 2,124,110 52,237 13,432 0 1,023
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 5.1
%Cows 17.5 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.7
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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 18, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 468.9 Cattle 1,279 774
Steers 828
Heifers 766
Cows 614
Bulls 884
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 276 163
Pork 435.8 Hogs 273 205
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 307
Boars 196
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 128 64
Mature Sheep 62
Lambs & Yearlings 65
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Total Meat
Production 910.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 18, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 607,992
: Steers : 313,708 51.6
: Heifers : 177,352 29.2
: Dairy Cows : 47,978 7.9
: Other Cows : 58,382 9.6
: Bulls : 10,572 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 14,750
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,124,110
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,055,343 96.8
: Sows : 60,366 2.8
: Boars : 8,401 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 52,237
: Mature Sheep : 2,654 5.1
: Lamb/Yearlings : 49,583 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 18, 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. : 54,849 36,654 80.6 7,520 12,476 17.6
Tue. : 63,824 37,265 81.2 10,194 11,227 17.2
Wed. : 65,227 34,187 80.5 10,302 11,652 17.8
Thu. : 65,320 35,912 81.2 9,590 11,736 17.1
Fri. : 58,583 31,674 79.8 9,582 11,007 18.2
Sat. : 5,905 1,660 86.8 790 284 12.3
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Total : 313,708 177,352 80.8 47,978 58,382 17.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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