Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.09.09
18/09/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,770 3,906 433,467 9,232 3,510 0 103
Tuesday 130,259 3,768 434,878 8,739 2,495 0 148
Wednesday 128,746 3,357 431,241 9,171 2,534 0 197
Thursday 128,849 3,252 435,265 9,346 3,075 0 276
Friday 125,519 4,052 425,859 8,906 2,132 0 87
Saturday 19,672 0 107,203 149 375 0 0
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Total 661,815 18,335 2,267,913 45,543 14,121 0 811
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 7.0
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 2.0
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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, September 5, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 521.1 Cattle 1,302 790
Steers 861
Heifers 792
Cows 599
Bulls 882
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 238 141
Pork 454.7 Hogs 269 201
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 306
Boars 199
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 132 67
Mature Sheep 62
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 981.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 661,815
: Steers : 318,720 48.2
: Heifers : 201,139 30.4
: Dairy Cows : 64,171 9.7
: Other Cows : 64,692 9.8
: Bulls : 13,093 2.0
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Calves : TOTAL : 18,335
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,267,913
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,188,339 96.5
: Sows : 70,849 3.1
: Boars : 8,725 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 45,543
: Mature Sheep : 3,173 7.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 42,370 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 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. : 60,418 42,090 79.6 11,050 12,641 18.4
Tue. : 64,370 38,753 79.2 12,822 11,995 19.1
Wed. : 62,719 39,572 79.5 11,763 12,248 18.6
Thu. : 60,518 41,393 79.1 12,341 12,002 18.9
Fri. : 64,070 35,549 79.4 11,945 11,476 18.7
Sat. : 6,625 3,782 52.9 4,250 4,330 43.6
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Total : 318,720 201,139 78.6 64,171 64,692 19.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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