Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.11.09
11/12/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 28, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,941 4,028 427,392 10,072 4,861 0 160
Tuesday 124,911 4,400 436,477 9,881 3,976 0 179
Wednesday 125,204 4,461 425,894 8,254 3,254 0 139
Thursday 892 766 195 140 422 0 0
Friday 116,402 3,119 419,722 11,548 4,163 0 198
Saturday 43,517 7 332,606 778 1,810 0 0
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Total 536,867 16,781 2,042,286 40,673 18,486 0 676
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%Steers 48.8 %Barrows & Gilts 97.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 91.0
%Heifers 30.7 %Sows 2.1 %Mature Sheep 9.0
%Cows 18.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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, November 28, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 421.3 Cattle 1,305 787
Steers 852
Heifers 792
Cows 605
Bulls 858
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 228 136
Pork 414.2 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 310
Boars 204
Lamb & Mutton 2.6 Sheep 129 65
Mature Sheep 62
Lambs & Yearlings 65
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Total Meat
Production 840.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 28, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 536,867
: Steers : 261,731 48.8
: Heifers : 165,008 30.7
: Dairy Cows : 40,495 7.5
: Other Cows : 61,117 11.4
: Bulls : 8,516 1.6
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,781
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,042,286
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,993,429 97.6
: Sows : 42,453 2.1
: Boars : 6,404 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,673
: Mature Sheep : 3,669 9.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 37,004 91.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 28, 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. : 62,840 37,101 79.4 7,942 15,847 18.9
Tue. : 57,627 40,779 78.8 10,123 14,375 19.6
Wed. : 60,383 38,226 78.8 11,536 13,064 19.6
Thu. : 5 2 0.8 47 623 75.1
Fri. : 58,217 37,148 81.9 8,108 11,617 16.9
Sat. : 22,659 11,752 79.1 2,739 5,591 19.1
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Total : 261,731 165,008 79.5 40,495 61,117 18.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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