Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 31.10.09
13/11/2009
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 31, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 122,553 3,685 428,746 8,854 3,229 0 90
Tuesday 125,729 4,388 427,821 9,532 2,017 0 116
Wednesday 127,397 3,632 432,441 9,470 1,928 0 234
Thursday 126,854 3,605 430,597 9,877 2,865 0 253
Friday 119,155 3,582 425,247 8,104 1,769 0 179
Saturday 30,871 0 149,294 22 24 0 8
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Total 652,559 18,892 2,294,146 45,859 11,832 0 880
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%Steers 46.9 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 89.0
%Heifers 31.4 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 11.0
%Cows 20.0 %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 31, 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 1,304 783
Steers 851
Heifers 793
Cows 600
Bulls 855
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 241 144
Pork 466.5 Hogs 273 204
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 311
Boars 207
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 61
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 981.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 31, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 652,559
: Steers : 305,892 46.9
: Heifers : 204,770 31.4
: Dairy Cows : 51,860 7.9
: Other Cows : 78,542 12.0
: Bulls : 11,495 1.8
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 18,892
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,294,146
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,220,473 96.8
: Sows : 65,230 2.8
: Boars : 8,443 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 45,859
: Mature Sheep : 5,058 11.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,801 89.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 31, 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. : 56,922 39,456 78.6 8,069 15,920 19.6
Tue. : 56,661 42,000 78.5 10,337 14,494 19.7
Wed. : 59,458 40,908 78.8 10,035 14,832 19.5
Thu. : 59,853 39,717 78.5 10,247 14,804 19.7
Fri. : 58,512 35,248 78.7 9,912 13,398 19.6
Sat. : 14,486 7,441 71.0 3,260 5,094 27.1
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Total : 305,892 204,770 78.3 51,860 78,542 20.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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