Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 13.06.09
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 13, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,502 3,110 406,412 9,069 3,415 0 133
Tuesday 127,856 3,607 415,466 7,078 3,227 0 192
Wednesday 126,328 3,330 417,648 9,241 2,353 0 71
Thursday 125,351 3,062 408,401 9,458 2,162 0 244
Friday 126,529 3,533 396,974 7,706 1,789 0 372
Saturday 32,009 3 33,974 29 29 0 55
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Total 665,575 16,645 2,078,875 42,581 12,975 0 1,067
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%Steers 51.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 6.9
%Cows 17.9 %Boars 0.5
%Bulls 1.6
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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, June 13, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 510.9 Cattle 1,269 770
Steers 832
Heifers 755
Cows 606
Bulls 868
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 246 148
Pork 420.6 Hogs 271 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 303
Boars 190
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 139 69
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 936.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 13, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 665,575
: Steers : 341,701 51.3
: Heifers : 194,039 29.2
: Dairy Cows : 60,471 9.1
: Other Cows : 58,791 8.8
: Bulls : 10,573 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,645
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,078,875
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,004,073 96.4
: Sows : 64,900 3.1
: Boars : 9,902 0.5
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Sheep : TOTAL : 42,581
: Mature Sheep : 2,941 6.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,640 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 13, 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. : 66,067 37,662 81.4 9,291 12,528 17.1
Tue. : 66,046 37,112 80.7 12,163 10,641 17.8
Wed. : 63,806 37,641 80.3 11,916 10,660 17.9
Thu. : 65,968 34,270 80.0 11,256 11,832 18.4
Fri. : 66,472 36,158 81.1 11,246 10,506 17.2
Sat. : 13,342 11,196 76.7 4,599 2,624 22.6
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Total : 341,701 194,039 80.5 60,471 58,791 17.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
