Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 27.03.10
09/04/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 27, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 121,770 3,689 426,268 11,424 3,776 0 50
Tuesday 124,841 4,096 428,652 11,046 2,508 0 158
Wednesday 123,890 2,750 428,814 9,839 2,623 0 185
Thursday 122,842 2,830 427,227 11,245 2,356 0 269
Friday 105,791 3,277 422,627 10,608 2,162 0 342
Saturday 25,069 354 55,214 3,928 441 0 88
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Total 624,203 16,996 2,188,802 58,090 13,866 0 1,092
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%Steers 49.4 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 5.6
%Cows 18.6 %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 27, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 475.3 Cattle 1,271 764
Steers 816
Heifers 759
Cows 619
Bulls 879
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 251 150
Pork 446.4 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 305
Boars 198
Lamb & Mutton 3.9 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 928.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 27, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 624,203
: Steers : 308,510 49.4
: Heifers : 187,813 30.1
: Dairy Cows : 54,311 8.7
: Other Cows : 61,538 9.9
: Bulls : 12,031 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,996
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,188,802
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,119,349 96.8
: Sows : 61,247 2.8
: Boars : 8,206 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 58,090
: Mature Sheep : 3,235 5.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 54,855 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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. : 59,912 38,132 80.5 8,181 13,210 17.6
Tue. : 64,842 35,015 80.0 10,772 11,811 18.1
Wed. : 61,940 37,298 80.1 11,465 10,984 18.1
Thu. : 59,739 38,985 80.4 9,827 11,961 17.7
Fri. : 48,275 32,659 76.5 10,743 11,697 21.2
Sat. : 13,802 5,724 77.9 3,323 1,875 20.7
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Total : 308,510 187,813 79.5 54,311 61,538 18.6
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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