Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 08.08.09
21/08/2009
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 123,916 3,211 319,979 8,362 3,476 0 57
Tuesday 125,527 3,910 424,284 7,113 2,318 0 112
Wednesday 117,594 3,167 422,948 9,512 2,281 0 257
Thursday 124,859 2,556 420,810 9,360 2,852 0 228
Friday 125,314 3,891 420,597 7,286 2,070 0 277
Saturday 8,109 0 91,851 39 46 0 0
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Total 625,319 16,735 2,100,469 41,672 13,043 0 931
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%Steers 51.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 28.7 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 6.6
%Cows 17.7 %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, August 8, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 491.5 Cattle 1,292 788
Steers 852
Heifers 781
Cows 602
Bulls 886
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 231 138
Pork 421.8 Hogs 268 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 307
Boars 202
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 137 69
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 918.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 625,319
: Steers : 323,559 51.7
: Heifers : 179,303 28.7
: Dairy Cows : 49,398 7.9
: Other Cows : 61,180 9.8
: Bulls : 11,879 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,735
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,100,469
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,030,536 96.7
: Sows : 61,875 2.9
: Boars : 8,058 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,672
: Mature Sheep : 2,755 6.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,917 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 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. : 62,761 38,730 81.9 7,354 12,762 16.2
Tue. : 64,050 36,730 80.3 10,355 12,114 17.9
Wed. : 62,148 31,809 79.9 9,823 11,440 18.1
Thu. : 63,912 36,415 80.4 9,814 12,181 17.6
Fri. : 66,404 34,385 80.4 11,116 11,077 17.7
Sat. : 4,284 1,234 68.0 936 1,606 31.3
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Total : 323,559 179,303 80.4 49,398 61,180 17.7
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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