Actual slaughter under federal inspection — 04.07.09
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Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 4, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,385 3,788 409,646 9,388 3,709 0 145
Tuesday 129,573 4,456 418,330 8,748 2,629 0 93
Wednesday 127,261 2,851 418,138 9,013 2,637 0 244
Thursday 125,889 3,187 410,987 8,385 3,017 0 185
Friday 114,895 2,442 231,930 1,919 1,251 0 90
Saturday 916 1 0 24 19 0 0
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Total 626,919 16,725 1,889,031 37,477 13,262 0 757
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%Steers 52.8 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 6.4
%Cows 16.8 %Boars 0.4
%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, July 4, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 487.6 Cattle 1,280 780
Steers 840
Heifers 761
Cows 610
Bulls 895
Calves & Veal 2.2 Calves 228 135
Pork 376.3 Hogs 266 199
Barrows & Gilts 196
Sows 308
Boars 201
Lamb & Mutton 2.6 Sheep 139 70
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 868.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 4, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 626,919
: Steers : 330,863 52.8
: Heifers : 180,994 28.9
: Dairy Cows : 52,592 8.4
: Other Cows : 52,545 8.4
: Bulls : 9,925 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,725
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,889,031
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,827,020 96.7
: Sows : 54,604 2.9
: Boars : 7,407 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 37,477
: Mature Sheep : 2,391 6.4
: Lamb/Yearlings : 35,086 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 4, 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. : 69,828 36,105 82.5 8,890 11,304 15.7
Tue. : 67,241 38,179 81.4 11,282 10,785 17.0
Wed. : 66,387 36,683 81.0 10,974 11,215 17.4
Thu. : 64,918 36,408 80.5 11,047 11,257 17.7
Fri. : 62,483 33,608 83.6 9,703 7,858 15.3
Sat. : 6 11 1.9 696 126 89.7
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Total : 330,863 180,994 81.6 52,592 52,545 16.8
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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