Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 13.03.10
26/03/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 13, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 120,926 3,849 410,347 11,154 3,392 0 89
Tuesday 123,635 3,475 398,737 9,725 2,241 0 183
Wednesday 122,126 2,554 417,340 8,803 1,691 0 133
Thursday 122,933 3,236 411,939 9,000 2,069 0 300
Friday 118,034 3,619 409,648 8,408 1,986 0 356
Saturday 16,295 1 86,325 4,079 24 0 139
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Total 623,949 16,734 2,134,336 51,169 11,403 0 1,200
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%Steers 48.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 29.9 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 5.2
%Cows 19.9 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.9
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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, March 13, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 475.9 Cattle 1,282 766
Steers 823
Heifers 766
Cows 615
Bulls 872
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 253 151
Pork 434.6 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 302
Boars 196
Lamb & Mutton 3.6 Sheep 142 71
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 916.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 13, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 623,949
: Steers : 301,401 48.3
: Heifers : 186,431 29.9
: Dairy Cows : 58,803 9.4
: Other Cows : 65,640 10.5
: Bulls : 11,674 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,734
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,134,336
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,063,809 96.7
: Sows : 61,635 2.9
: Boars : 8,892 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 51,169
: Mature Sheep : 2,674 5.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 48,495 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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. : 56,209 40,377 79.9 8,780 13,636 18.5
Tue. : 62,652 36,245 80.0 10,925 11,774 18.4
Wed. : 59,951 35,207 77.9 12,442 12,092 20.1
Thu. : 58,071 37,258 77.5 11,945 13,323 20.6
Fri. : 56,694 35,518 78.1 11,695 11,699 19.8
Sat. : 7,824 1,826 59.2 3,016 3,116 37.6
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Total : 301,401 186,431 78.2 58,803 65,640 19.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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