Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 16.01.10
29/01/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 16, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,199 4,231 420,831 9,541 2,741 0 98
Tuesday 126,068 4,223 424,044 9,164 1,996 0 194
Wednesday 127,092 3,349 424,548 8,381 1,506 0 219
Thursday 126,512 3,895 428,070 9,208 2,248 0 344
Friday 128,192 4,155 415,978 6,856 1,755 0 310
Saturday 21,760 3 60,177 65 260 0 57
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Total 655,823 19,856 2,173,648 43,215 10,506 0 1,222
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 6.6
%Cows 20.2 %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 16, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 506.4 Cattle 1,295 775
Steers 839
Heifers 777
Cows 610
Bulls 860
Calves & Veal 2.8 Calves 241 144
Pork 442.4 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 308
Boars 194
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 140 70
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 954.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 16, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 655,823
: Steers : 313,684 47.8
: Heifers : 199,084 30.4
: Dairy Cows : 58,115 8.9
: Other Cows : 74,418 11.3
: Bulls : 10,522 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 19,856
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,173,648
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,103,071 96.8
: Sows : 61,828 2.8
: Boars : 8,749 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,215
: Mature Sheep : 2,866 6.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,349 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 16, 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. : 61,728 39,697 80.4 8,544 14,465 18.2
Tue. : 61,727 38,790 79.7 11,136 12,643 18.9
Wed. : 59,025 40,588 78.4 11,923 13,400 19.9
Thu. : 57,248 41,778 78.3 11,344 14,038 20.1
Fri. : 64,064 36,007 78.1 12,110 13,801 20.2
Sat. : 9,892 2,224 55.7 3,058 6,071 42.0
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Total : 313,684 199,084 78.2 58,115 74,418 20.2
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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