Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 17.10.09
30/10/2009
Week Ending Saturday, October 17, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 122,379 3,473 427,749 5,945 1,568 0 224
Tuesday 124,860 4,127 433,034 10,593 3,499 0 86
Wednesday 125,824 2,871 434,124 10,330 2,859 0 201
Thursday 124,868 3,695 433,446 9,546 2,666 0 246
Friday 113,068 3,876 420,332 8,797 1,737 0 282
Saturday 18,025 0 143,035 24 19 0 64
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Total 629,024 18,042 2,291,720 45,235 12,348 0 1,103
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%Steers 49.0 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 87.4
%Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 12.6
%Cows 19.0 %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, October 17, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 500.4 Cattle 1,323 798
Steers 868
Heifers 801
Cows 604
Bulls 870
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 251 149
Pork 464.0 Hogs 272 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 311
Boars 189
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 131 66
Mature Sheep 58
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 970.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 17, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 629,024
: Steers : 308,461 49.0
: Heifers : 189,372 30.1
: Dairy Cows : 50,644 8.1
: Other Cows : 69,073 11.0
: Bulls : 11,474 1.8
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 18,042
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,291,720
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,217,276 96.8
: Sows : 66,162 2.9
: Boars : 8,282 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 45,235
: Mature Sheep : 5,709 12.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,526 87.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 17, 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. : 61,506 38,045 81.3 6,803 13,782 16.8
Tue. : 59,985 39,976 80.1 10,439 12,340 18.2
Wed. : 63,427 36,383 79.3 10,655 13,105 18.9
Thu. : 60,429 38,037 78.9 10,373 13,737 19.3
Fri. : 53,603 32,659 76.3 10,827 13,656 21.7
Sat. : 9,511 4,272 76.5 1,547 2,453 22.2
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Total : 308,461 189,372 79.1 50,644 69,073 19.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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