Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 13.02.10
26/02/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 116,912 4,394 421,667 9,005 2,888 0 78
Tuesday 123,728 3,875 415,926 7,779 1,980 0 150
Wednesday 120,164 2,544 403,209 8,434 1,105 0 271
Thursday 120,877 2,201 416,159 7,931 1,897 0 262
Friday 116,287 3,964 422,738 6,960 1,923 0 214
Saturday 5,766 273 72,345 29 21 0 0
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Total 603,734 17,251 2,152,044 40,138 9,814 0 975
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%Steers 48.4 %Barrows & Gilts 97.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 92.6
%Heifers 32.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature Sheep 7.4
%Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.4
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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, February 13, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 467.3 Cattle 1,292 777
Steers 831
Heifers 775
Cows 622
Bulls 876
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 241 143
Pork 434.7 Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 307
Boars 191
Lamb & Mutton 2.8 Sheep 142 71
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 907.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 603,734
: Steers : 292,114 48.4
: Heifers : 196,888 32.6
: Dairy Cows : 51,980 8.6
: Other Cows : 54,583 9.0
: Bulls : 8,169 1.4
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,251
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,152,044
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,090,708 97.1
: Sows : 53,780 2.5
: Boars : 7,556 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,138
: Mature Sheep : 2,963 7.4
: Lamb/Yearlings : 37,175 92.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 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. : 60,176 35,183 81.6 8,499 11,501 17.1
Tue. : 59,574 41,353 81.6 10,414 10,608 17.0
Wed. : 57,598 40,356 81.5 10,237 10,469 17.2
Thu. : 55,237 42,962 81.2 10,180 10,998 17.5
Fri. : 57,747 35,451 80.1 10,843 10,523 18.4
Sat. : 1,782 1,583 58.4 1,807 484 39.7
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Total : 292,114 196,888 81.0 51,980 54,583 17.7
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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