Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 23.01.10
05/02/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,970 3,964 371,651 7,355 1,164 0 185
Tuesday 129,252 4,567 429,621 9,665 3,381 0 129
Wednesday 126,523 3,245 418,943 8,667 2,457 0 239
Thursday 129,270 3,797 405,475 10,140 2,165 0 222
Friday 127,000 4,304 420,622 7,112 1,865 0 316
Saturday 29,734 1 130,715 58 61 0 51
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Total 669,749 19,878 2,177,027 42,997 11,093 0 1,142
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%Steers 47.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 6.2
%Cows 20.8 %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, January 23, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 516.4 Cattle 1,293 774
Steers 836
Heifers 785
Cows 607
Bulls 861
Calves & Veal 2.8 Calves 239 142
Pork 443.6 Hogs 273 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 309
Boars 202
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 142 71
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 965.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 669,749
: Steers : 316,362 47.2
: Heifers : 202,267 30.2
: Dairy Cows : 59,492 8.9
: Other Cows : 79,965 11.9
: Bulls : 11,663 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 19,878
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,177,027
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,105,504 96.7
: Sows : 63,333 2.9
: Boars : 8,190 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 42,997
: Mature Sheep : 2,683 6.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,314 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 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. : 61,951 39,644 79.4 8,983 15,157 18.9
Tue. : 62,880 38,142 78.2 10,898 15,316 20.3
Wed. : 60,757 37,599 77.7 11,946 14,157 20.6
Thu. : 62,252 39,057 78.4 11,516 14,235 19.9
Fri. : 57,124 42,944 78.8 11,222 13,597 19.5
Sat. : 11,398 4,881 54.7 4,927 7,503 41.8
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Total : 316,362 202,267 77.4 59,492 79,965 20.8
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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