Actual slaughter under federal inspection — 22.08.09
04/09/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 22, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 122,848 4,168 432,182 9,783 4,325 0 90
Tuesday 129,808 4,193 433,017 9,291 2,718 0 168
Wednesday 127,671 3,108 429,636 9,438 3,306 0 208
Thursday 129,531 3,148 432,231 9,940 3,885 0 192
Friday 127,861 4,240 422,549 7,874 2,369 0 220
Saturday 20,486 0 83,158 135 306 0 0
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Total 658,205 18,857 2,232,773 46,461 16,909 0 878
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%Steers 51.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 5.7
%Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.8
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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 22, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 518.2 Cattle 1,297 790
Steers 855
Heifers 786
Cows 603
Bulls 877
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 229 136
Pork 447.3 Hogs 268 201
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 303
Boars 197
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 971.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 22, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 658,205
: Steers : 337,380 51.3
: Heifers : 187,884 28.5
: Dairy Cows : 58,154 8.8
: Other Cows : 63,033 9.6
: Bulls : 11,754 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 18,857
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,232,773
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,153,574 96.5
: Sows : 70,695 3.2
: Boars : 8,504 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 46,461
: Mature Sheep : 2,644 5.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 43,817 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 22, 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. : 68,257 32,853 82.3 6,801 12,611 15.8
Tue. : 65,488 38,834 80.4 11,194 12,080 17.9
Wed. : 64,484 36,940 79.4 11,481 12,596 18.9
Thu. : 64,005 39,558 80.0 11,537 11,877 18.1
Fri. : 65,958 36,400 80.1 12,384 10,901 18.2
Sat. : 9,188 3,299 61.0 4,757 2,968 37.7
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Total : 337,380 187,884 79.8 58,154 63,033 18.4
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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