Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 30.05.09
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 30, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 2,748 872 1,775 493 608 0 0
Tuesday 130,393 3,374 432,882 8,781 3,663 0 149
Wednesday 131,115 3,912 430,387 9,051 2,502 0 222
Thursday 131,241 2,911 427,318 8,546 2,867 0 231
Friday 129,326 3,818 425,261 8,467 1,595 0 254
Saturday 105,714 1 104,139 987 28 0 54
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Total 630,537 14,888 1,821,762 36,325 11,263 0 910
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%Steers 53.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 28.6 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 6.1
%Cows 16.6 %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 30, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 484.1 Cattle 1,266 770
Steers 825
Heifers 752
Cows 610
Bulls 892
Calves & Veal 2.2 Calves 255 151
Pork 370.1 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 303
Boars 193
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 145 73
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 859.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 30, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 630,537
: Steers : 335,419 53.2
: Heifers : 180,058 28.6
: Dairy Cows : 48,845 7.7
: Other Cows : 55,701 8.8
: Bulls : 10,514 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,888
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,821,762
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,763,439 96.8
: Sows : 51,065 2.8
: Boars : 7,258 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 36,325
: Mature Sheep : 2,217 6.1
: Lamb/Yearlings : 34,108 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 30, 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. : 952 200 41.9 790 638 52.0
Tue. : 68,629 36,732 80.8 9,111 13,566 17.4
Wed. : 66,029 39,406 80.4 10,780 12,603 17.8
Thu. : 70,548 34,514 80.1 11,791 11,994 18.1
Fri. : 70,639 32,779 80.0 11,201 12,117 18.0
Sat. : 58,622 36,427 89.9 5,172 4,783 9.4
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Total : 335,419 180,058 81.8 48,845 55,701 16.6
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
