Actual slaughter under federal inspection — 18.07.09
31/07/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 18, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,390 3,765 359,726 9,493 3,417 0 194
Tuesday 126,971 4,060 401,737 7,334 2,525 0 198
Wednesday 121,221 3,031 402,426 8,858 2,828 0 160
Thursday 123,903 3,040 407,996 9,284 2,206 0 243
Friday 118,644 3,766 387,865 8,441 1,708 0 248
Saturday 17,549 1 1,709 26 23 0 49
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Total 633,678 17,663 1,961,459 43,436 12,707 0 1,092
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%Steers 52.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 91.9
%Heifers 27.0 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 8.1
%Cows 18.3 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.9
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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 18, 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 846
Heifers 767
Cows 601
Bulls 874
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 233 138
Pork 391.8 Hogs 267 200
Barrows & Gilts 196
Sows 309
Boars 194
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 138 69
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 890.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 18, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 633,678
: Steers : 333,933 52.7
: Heifers : 171,342 27.0
: Dairy Cows : 49,999 7.9
: Other Cows : 66,172 10.4
: Bulls : 12,232 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 17,663
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,961,459
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,889,018 96.3
: Sows : 64,599 3.3
: Boars : 7,842 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,436
: Mature Sheep : 3,499 8.1
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,937 91.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 18, 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. : 66,283 35,386 81.1 7,637 13,800 17.1
Tue. : 67,089 34,905 80.3 9,965 12,710 17.9
Wed. : 67,697 29,791 80.4 9,750 11,972 17.9
Thu. : 67,295 31,517 79.7 10,173 12,289 18.1
Fri. : 56,656 36,886 78.8 10,767 11,900 19.1
Sat. : 8,913 2,857 67.1 1,707 3,501 29.7
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Total : 333,933 171,342 79.7 49,999 66,172 18.3
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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