Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 09.01.10
22/01/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 9, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,028 4,594 423,684 9,033 3,549 0 134
Tuesday 127,332 4,854 426,357 9,052 2,310 0 243
Wednesday 125,860 3,970 425,418 9,296 1,695 0 236
Thursday 115,353 3,745 325,903 9,149 1,585 0 286
Friday 109,549 4,572 344,904 7,251 1,762 0 268
Saturday 42,665 3 150,908 21 28 0 100
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Total 646,787 21,738 2,097,174 43,802 10,929 0 1,267
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%Steers 48.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 5.8
%Cows 20.1 %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, January 9, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 500.9 Cattle 1,295 777
Steers 841
Heifers 779
Cows 612
Bulls 865
Calves & Veal 2.9 Calves 228 136
Pork 426.8 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 308
Boars 206
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 141 70
Mature Sheep 58
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 933.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 9, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 646,787
: Steers : 312,358 48.3
: Heifers : 194,090 30.0
: Dairy Cows : 56,577 8.7
: Other Cows : 73,658 11.4
: Bulls : 10,104 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 21,738
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,097,174
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,030,714 96.8
: Sows : 59,031 2.8
: Boars : 7,429 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,802
: Mature Sheep : 2,534 5.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 41,268 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 9, 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. : 60,590 39,902 79.7 8,412 15,313 18.8
Tue. : 61,661 38,450 78.6 11,422 14,132 20.1
Wed. : 61,411 37,108 78.3 12,109 13,244 20.1
Thu. : 55,601 33,200 77.0 11,176 13,250 21.2
Fri. : 51,360 32,668 76.7 11,214 12,305 21.5
Sat. : 21,735 12,762 80.9 2,244 5,414 17.9
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Total : 312,358 194,090 78.3 56,577 73,658 20.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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