Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 26.12.09
08/01/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 26, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 121,852 4,145 442,502 10,749 4,032 0 158
Tuesday 127,456 4,589 437,511 10,810 3,205 0 245
Wednesday 127,677 4,041 422,733 10,531 3,096 0 203
Thursday 59,048 3,109 196,399 6,713 3,427 0 67
Friday 0 0 81 0 0 0 0
Saturday 30,148 0 106,792 14 25 0 0
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Total 466,181 15,884 1,606,018 38,817 13,785 0 673
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%Steers 48.9 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 29.3 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 6.3
%Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.7
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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 26, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 361.0 Cattle 1,295 777
Steers 841
Heifers 784
Cows 601
Bulls 859
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 251 149
Pork 321.7 Hogs 268 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 305
Boars 205
Lamb & Mutton 2.6 Sheep 137 68
Mature Sheep 57
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 687.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 26, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 466,181
: Steers : 228,064 48.9
: Heifers : 136,598 29.3
: Dairy Cows : 39,330 8.4
: Other Cows : 54,236 11.6
: Bulls : 7,953 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,884
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,606,018
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,555,690 96.9
: Sows : 43,705 2.7
: Boars : 6,623 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 38,817
: Mature Sheep : 2,455 6.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 36,362 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 26, 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. : 60,435 35,474 78.7 8,541 15,408 19.7
Tue. : 58,855 41,639 78.8 10,817 13,928 19.4
Wed. : 62,311 38,555 79.0 10,648 14,066 19.4
Thu. : 26,781 12,731 66.9 8,061 9,932 30.5
Fri. : 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Sat. : 19,682 8,199 92.5 1,263 902 7.2
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Total : 228,064 136,598 78.2 39,330 54,236 20.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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