Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.10.09
06/11/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,887 3,943 423,479 9,806 3,241 0 48
Tuesday 126,306 4,127 433,911 9,514 2,704 0 115
Wednesday 124,951 3,359 426,383 9,835 2,374 0 288
Thursday 126,231 3,584 428,740 9,942 2,918 0 341
Friday 118,113 3,477 425,197 8,295 1,692 0 380
Saturday 24,591 0 185,084 36 31 0 0
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Total 645,079 18,490 2,322,794 47,428 12,960 0 1,172
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%Steers 47.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 88.3
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 11.7
%Cows 19.7 %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, October 24, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 509.4 Cattle 1,314 792
Steers 862
Heifers 801
Cows 600
Bulls 864
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 251 150
Pork 471.2 Hogs 272 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 307
Boars 204
Lamb & Mutton 3.2 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 61
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 986.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 24, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 645,079
: Steers : 306,118 47.5
: Heifers : 199,821 31.0
: Dairy Cows : 51,348 8.0
: Other Cows : 75,728 11.7
: Bulls : 12,064 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 18,490
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,322,794
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,249,214 96.8
: Sows : 65,945 2.8
: Boars : 7,635 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 47,428
: Mature Sheep : 5,571 11.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 41,857 88.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 24, 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. : 60,635 39,117 79.9 7,687 15,013 18.2
Tue. : 59,826 39,859 78.9 9,887 14,490 19.3
Wed. : 60,190 38,922 79.3 10,137 13,530 18.9
Thu. : 60,315 39,287 78.9 9,780 14,450 19.2
Fri. : 53,975 36,243 76.4 10,947 14,611 21.6
Sat. : 11,177 6,393 71.4 2,910 3,634 26.6
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Total : 306,118 199,821 78.4 51,348 75,728 19.7
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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