Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.12.09
18/12/2009
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 5, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 121,746 4,128 428,148 9,748 2,333 0 115
Tuesday 123,378 4,724 433,934 9,869 2,428 0 305
Wednesday 125,913 4,236 418,894 9,659 1,760 0 253
Thursday 124,194 4,391 433,126 10,110 2,144 0 360
Friday 123,234 4,005 428,866 7,771 1,442 0 439
Saturday 19,901 1 134,724 932 35 0 100
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Total 638,366 21,485 2,277,692 48,089 10,142 0 1,572
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%Steers 47.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 30.7 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 6.3
%Cows 20.0 %Boars 0.4
%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, December 5, 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 1,307 787
Steers 853
Heifers 795
Cows 606
Bulls 882
Calves & Veal 2.9 Calves 229 137
Pork 465.3 Hogs 273 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 312
Boars 200
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 141 71
Mature Sheep 62
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 972.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 5, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 638,366
: Steers : 304,367 47.7
: Heifers : 195,673 30.7
: Dairy Cows : 54,026 8.5
: Other Cows : 73,858 11.6
: Bulls : 10,442 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 21,485
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,277,692
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,199,333 96.6
: Sows : 69,709 3.1
: Boars : 8,650 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 48,089
: Mature Sheep : 3,040 6.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 45,049 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 5, 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. : 61,100 39,946 83.0 6,449 12,710 15.7
Tue. : 63,139 34,055 78.8 11,220 12,987 19.6
Wed. : 57,320 41,250 78.3 11,300 14,078 20.2
Thu. : 55,581 40,795 77.6 10,885 14,678 20.6
Fri. : 59,153 36,882 77.9 10,823 14,245 20.3
Sat. : 8,074 2,745 54.4 3,349 5,160 42.8
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Total : 304,367 195,673 78.3 54,026 73,858 20.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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