Actual slaughter under federal inspection — 25.04.09
08/05/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 25, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,544 3,319 422,984 9,377 2,978 0 166
Tuesday 127,846 3,155 423,996 8,399 1,972 0 227
Wednesday 125,380 2,912 425,473 8,995 1,187 0 234
Thursday 123,933 2,299 421,323 8,757 2,436 0 190
Friday 117,702 3,315 408,724 6,484 1,328 0 210
Saturday 28,732 0 34,735 56 377 0 0
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Total 650,137 15,000 2,137,235 42,068 10,278 0 1,027
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%Steers 50.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 30.7 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 5.5
%Cows 16.9 %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 25, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 498.3 Cattle 1,271 769
Steers 824
Heifers 759
Cows 608
Bulls 889
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 285 169
Pork 436.4 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 306
Boars 203
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 145 73
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 940.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 25, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 650,137
: Steers : 329,235 50.6
: Heifers : 199,824 30.7
: Dairy Cows : 50,117 7.7
: Other Cows : 59,554 9.2
: Bulls : 11,407 1.8
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,000
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,137,235
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,069,260 96.8
: Sows : 59,133 2.8
: Boars : 8,842 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 42,068
: Mature Sheep : 2,316 5.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,752 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 25, 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. : 59,345 43,198 81.0 8,911 12,959 17.3
Tue. : 63,673 39,431 80.6 9,976 12,505 17.6
Wed. : 62,451 38,523 80.5 9,897 12,158 17.6
Thu. : 62,781 37,588 81.0 10,021 11,198 17.1
Fri. : 63,968 31,936 81.5 9,586 10,052 16.7
Sat. : 17,017 9,148 91.1 1,726 682 8.4
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Total : 329,235 199,824 81.4 50,117 59,554 16.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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