Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 23.05.09
05/06/2009
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 23, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,348 2,901 406,670 9,050 3,709 0 182
Tuesday 129,412 3,352 416,167 8,344 2,365 0 179
Wednesday 129,681 3,058 413,893 7,685 1,879 0 204
Thursday 129,892 2,292 408,193 9,322 2,655 0 257
Friday 127,692 3,571 401,717 9,035 2,181 0 180
Saturday 40,007 0 19,246 19 31 0 55
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Total 685,032 15,174 2,065,886 43,455 12,820 0 1,057
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%Steers 51.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 6.5
%Cows 17.2 %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, May 23, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 525.8 Cattle 1,268 770
Steers 826
Heifers 756
Cows 612
Bulls 891
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 273 162
Pork 419.2 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 304
Boars 189
Lamb & Mutton 3.2 Sheep 146 74
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 950.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 23, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 685,032
: Steers : 352,672 51.5
: Heifers : 202,659 29.6
: Dairy Cows : 52,634 7.7
: Other Cows : 65,110 9.5
: Bulls : 11,957 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,174
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,065,886
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,998,178 96.7
: Sows : 58,512 2.8
: Boars : 9,196 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,455
: Mature Sheep : 2,830 6.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,625 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 23, 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. : 68,608 37,168 82.4 6,999 13,223 15.8
Tue. : 65,828 38,672 80.7 10,052 12,386 17.3
Wed. : 66,785 37,197 80.2 10,636 12,857 18.1
Thu. : 67,894 35,528 79.6 10,984 12,951 18.4
Fri. : 64,243 39,304 81.1 10,839 11,222 17.3
Sat. : 19,314 14,790 85.2 3,124 2,471 14.0
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Total : 352,672 202,659 81.1 52,634 65,110 17.2
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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