Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 20.03.10
02/04/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 20, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,920 3,473 423,058 11,010 2,830 0 62
Tuesday 123,391 3,324 425,053 10,097 2,452 0 153
Wednesday 126,517 3,195 423,065 9,663 1,929 0 123
Thursday 125,050 3,186 425,656 9,504 2,557 0 343
Friday 107,621 3,684 423,512 8,987 1,655 0 306
Saturday 12,045 30 45,301 3,134 30 0 75
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Total 619,544 16,892 2,165,645 52,395 11,453 0 1,062
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%Steers 47.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 31.6 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 6.5
%Cows 19.0 %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 20, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 471.0 Cattle 1,274 763
Steers 820
Heifers 759
Cows 614
Bulls 870
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 261 156
Pork 441.7 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 303
Boars 192
Lamb & Mutton 3.7 Sheep 142 71
Mature Sheep 70
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 919.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 20, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 619,544
: Steers : 293,981 47.5
: Heifers : 195,957 31.6
: Dairy Cows : 55,303 8.9
: Other Cows : 62,375 10.1
: Bulls : 11,928 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,892
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,165,645
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,095,394 96.8
: Sows : 61,363 2.8
: Boars : 8,888 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 52,395
: Mature Sheep : 3,397 6.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 48,998 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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. : 56,339 44,359 80.6 8,467 13,201 17.3
Tue. : 60,759 38,702 80.6 10,846 11,026 17.7
Wed. : 57,898 42,575 79.4 11,769 12,082 18.9
Thu. : 59,895 38,909 79.0 10,960 12,838 19.0
Fri. : 52,402 30,008 76.6 10,963 11,788 21.1
Sat. : 6,688 1,404 67.2 2,298 1,440 31.0
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Total : 293,981 195,957 79.1 55,303 62,375 19.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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