Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 20.02.10
05/03/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 20, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 110,604 3,557 385,034 4,704 1,118 0 59
Tuesday 123,951 4,449 426,182 9,753 2,432 0 178
Wednesday 123,419 3,121 425,539 10,149 1,690 0 208
Thursday 125,231 3,455 423,293 8,536 1,971 0 340
Friday 121,598 3,576 428,183 6,997 1,750 0 365
Saturday 17,456 451 64,797 28 35 0 24
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Total 622,259 18,609 2,153,028 40,167 8,996 0 1,174
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%Steers 46.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 33.6 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 7.0
%Cows 18.9 %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 20, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 477.9 Cattle 1,282 771
Steers 831
Heifers 769
Cows 620
Bulls 863
Calves & Veal 2.8 Calves 254 151
Pork 437.0 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 301
Boars 193
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 143 71
Mature Sheep 71
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 920.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 20, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 622,259
: Steers : 286,578 46.1
: Heifers : 209,039 33.6
: Dairy Cows : 57,288 9.2
: Other Cows : 60,611 9.7
: Bulls : 8,743 1.4
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Calves : TOTAL : 18,609
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,153,028
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,086,972 96.9
: Sows : 57,731 2.7
: Boars : 8,325 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,167
: Mature Sheep : 2,810 7.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 37,357 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 20, 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. : 55,329 34,338 81.1 8,094 11,263 17.5
Tue. : 55,978 43,627 80.4 11,474 11,291 18.4
Wed. : 53,651 43,983 79.1 12,126 11,876 19.4
Thu. : 57,911 42,019 79.8 11,487 11,992 18.7
Fri. : 56,444 39,419 78.8 11,656 12,304 19.7
Sat. : 7,265 5,653 74.0 2,451 1,885 24.8
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Total : 286,578 209,039 79.6 57,288 60,611 18.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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