Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 27.02.10
12/03/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 27, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,233 4,195 426,026 9,700 3,118 0 31
Tuesday 125,269 3,968 425,922 9,069 2,126 0 134
Wednesday 123,315 3,003 421,195 9,080 1,875 0 232
Thursday 120,448 3,504 425,292 8,775 1,910 0 253
Friday 122,225 3,463 417,046 6,955 803 0 288
Saturday 19,055 2 43,038 27 27 0 0
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Total 635,545 18,135 2,158,519 43,606 9,859 0 938
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%Steers 47.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 92.6
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 7.4
%Cows 20.0 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.8
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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 27, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 485.7 Cattle 1,284 767
Steers 825
Heifers 766
Cows 621
Bulls 876
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 248 148
Pork 438.2 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 302
Boars 190
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 144 71
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 929.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 27, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 635,545
: Steers : 300,598 47.3
: Heifers : 196,582 30.9
: Dairy Cows : 57,294 9.0
: Other Cows : 69,693 11.0
: Bulls : 11,378 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 18,135
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,158,519
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,087,820 96.7
: Sows : 61,899 2.9
: Boars : 8,800 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,606
: Mature Sheep : 3,239 7.4
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,367 92.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 27, 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. : 59,033 39,836 78.9 9,816 14,481 19.4
Tue. : 65,465 33,616 79.1 10,612 13,418 19.2
Wed. : 57,404 39,765 78.8 11,616 12,365 19.4
Thu. : 53,584 39,895 77.6 11,292 13,492 20.6
Fri. : 57,013 39,795 79.2 11,149 12,045 19.0
Sat. : 8,099 3,675 61.8 2,809 3,892 35.2
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Total : 300,598 196,582 78.2 57,294 69,693 20.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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