Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 30.01.10
12/02/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 30, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 122,208 4,126 361,114 9,181 3,106 0 52
Tuesday 123,560 4,246 403,123 7,556 1,970 0 155
Wednesday 127,870 3,361 427,796 8,745 2,102 0 245
Thursday 116,146 3,577 427,380 9,145 1,608 0 193
Friday 107,076 4,204 418,966 7,194 1,443 0 325
Saturday 34,090 3 102,477 19 18 0 68
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Total 630,950 19,517 2,140,856 41,840 10,247 0 1,038
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%Steers 46.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 92.7
%Heifers 32.0 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 7.3
%Cows 20.0 %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 30, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 485.5 Cattle 1,287 772
Steers 836
Heifers 778
Cows 606
Bulls 848
Calves & Veal 2.8 Calves 240 144
Pork 433.9 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 303
Boars 196
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 141 71
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 925.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 30, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 630,950
: Steers : 292,363 46.3
: Heifers : 201,939 32.0
: Dairy Cows : 54,281 8.6
: Other Cows : 71,673 11.4
: Bulls : 10,694 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 19,517
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,140,856
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,075,148 96.9
: Sows : 57,784 2.7
: Boars : 7,924 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,840
: Mature Sheep : 3,034 7.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,806 92.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 30, 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. : 59,723 37,886 79.9 7,687 14,902 18.5
Tue. : 54,710 42,857 79.0 10,892 13,046 19.4
Wed. : 61,279 39,658 78.9 10,947 13,929 19.5
Thu. : 50,222 37,971 75.9 11,853 14,047 22.3
Fri. : 49,654 33,156 77.3 10,358 11,905 20.8
Sat. : 16,775 10,411 79.7 2,544 3,844 18.7
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Total : 292,363 201,939 78.3 54,281 71,673 20.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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