Actual slaughter under federal inspection — 11.07.09
24/07/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 11, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 119,071 3,069 368,145 7,861 2,658 0 134
Tuesday 120,751 3,991 403,639 8,384 2,634 0 98
Wednesday 126,985 3,354 388,941 7,966 2,176 0 171
Thursday 127,404 3,001 399,769 9,624 2,199 0 331
Friday 123,195 3,680 371,735 8,817 1,801 0 283
Saturday 16,276 3 17,378 51 28 0 45
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Total 633,682 17,098 1,949,607 42,703 11,496 0 1,062
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%Steers 52.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 28.3 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 7.0
%Cows 17.3 %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, July 11, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 493.1 Cattle 1,283 781
Steers 840
Heifers 765
Cows 611
Bulls 893
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 229 136
Pork 390.3 Hogs 268 200
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 314
Boars 195
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 142 71
Mature Sheep 61
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 888.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 11, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 633,682
: Steers : 333,814 52.7
: Heifers : 179,151 28.3
: Dairy Cows : 48,389 7.6
: Other Cows : 61,533 9.7
: Bulls : 10,795 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 17,098
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,949,607
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,879,950 96.4
: Sows : 61,473 3.2
: Boars : 8,184 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 42,703
: Mature Sheep : 2,974 7.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,729 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 11, 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. : 65,388 35,316 84.6 5,411 11,252 14.0
Tue. : 64,813 32,218 80.4 10,944 10,990 18.2
Wed. : 65,206 36,382 80.0 10,488 12,659 18.2
Thu. : 66,550 36,639 81.0 9,193 12,691 17.2
Fri. : 62,226 35,656 79.5 10,616 12,177 18.5
Sat. : 9,631 2,940 77.2 1,737 1,764 21.5
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Total : 333,814 179,151 80.9 48,389 61,533 17.3
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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