Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 02.01.10
15/01/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 2, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 122,439 4,579 430,522 10,086 4,119 0 93
Tuesday 127,110 4,927 436,806 10,716 2,701 0 150
Wednesday 126,597 3,940 430,737 9,686 2,244 0 274
Thursday 101,199 3,846 372,663 7,238 1,496 0 101
Friday 283 0 246 1 132 0 0
Saturday 52,642 0 242,490 1,047 23 0 0
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Total 530,270 17,292 1,913,464 38,774 10,715 0 618
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & Gilts 97.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.3
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 2.3 %Mature Sheep 6.7
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.3
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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, January 2, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 412.2 Cattle 1,299 780
Steers 843
Heifers 779
Cows 615
Bulls 889
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 236 141
Pork 387.3 Hogs 270 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 305
Boars 189
Lamb & Mutton 2.6 Sheep 136 68
Mature Sheep 59
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 804.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 2, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 530,270
: Steers : 260,308 49.1
: Heifers : 158,116 29.8
: Dairy Cows : 43,644 8.2
: Other Cows : 61,220 11.5
: Bulls : 6,982 1.3
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 17,292
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,913,464
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,863,445 97.4
: Sows : 43,936 2.3
: Boars : 6,083 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 38,774
: Mature Sheep : 2,594 6.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 36,180 93.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 2, 2010
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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. : 62,310 37,388 81.4 7,027 14,248 17.4
Tue. : 61,062 40,271 79.7 11,321 12,848 19.0
Wed. : 63,270 37,180 79.3 11,219 13,223 19.3
Thu. : 49,757 26,813 75.7 10,614 12,180 22.5
Fri. : 3 0 1.1 40 181 78.1
Sat. : 23,906 16,464 76.7 3,423 8,540 22.7
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Total : 260,308 158,116 78.9 43,644 61,220 19.8
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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