Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 12.09.09
25/09/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 12, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 3,474 1,564 4,378 1,054 662 0 0
Tuesday 129,293 3,879 431,567 10,619 4,075 0 115
Wednesday 129,759 3,631 432,116 10,504 3,145 0 299
Thursday 129,733 3,806 432,158 10,349 3,154 0 311
Friday 123,075 4,073 428,345 9,754 2,025 0 372
Saturday 46,234 0 319,049 1,500 29 0 0
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Total 561,568 16,953 2,047,613 43,780 13,090 0 1,097
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%Steers 52.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 27.2 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 6.5
%Cows 18.5 %Boars 0.3
%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, September 12, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 448.2 Cattle 1,316 801
Steers 869
Heifers 794
Cows 608
Bulls 886
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 229 136
Pork 413.6 Hogs 271 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 309
Boars 201
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 135 67
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 867.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 12, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 561,568
: Steers : 294,623 52.5
: Heifers : 152,480 27.2
: Dairy Cows : 51,432 9.2
: Other Cows : 52,213 9.3
: Bulls : 10,820 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,953
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,047,613
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,980,481 96.7
: Sows : 60,008 2.9
: Boars : 7,124 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,780
: Mature Sheep : 2,824 6.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,956 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 12, 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. : 861 560 40.9 986 760 50.3
Tue. : 69,543 34,300 80.3 10,769 12,198 17.8
Wed. : 69,419 34,198 79.9 12,223 11,609 18.4
Thu. : 64,005 39,383 79.7 11,773 11,950 18.3
Fri. : 64,028 33,539 79.3 11,689 11,316 18.7
Sat. : 26,767 10,500 80.6 3,992 4,380 18.1
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Total : 294,623 152,480 79.6 51,432 52,213 18.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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