Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 03.04.10
16/04/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 3, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,017 3,708 429,241 13,941 4,235 0 170
Tuesday 126,400 3,729 432,476 12,944 3,580 0 289
Wednesday 124,206 3,050 434,235 12,323 3,172 0 267
Thursday 121,024 3,048 430,073 10,991 2,619 0 265
Friday 119,956 2,922 404,774 6,024 2,035 0 308
Saturday 14,397 42 33,687 65 35 0 0
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Total 631,000 16,499 2,164,486 56,288 15,676 0 1,299
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%Steers 48.4 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 31.5 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 6.9
%Cows 18.2 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 2.0
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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, April 3, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 478.9 Cattle 1,264 762
Steers 813
Heifers 757
Cows 615
Bulls 885
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 255 152
Pork 441.0 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 306
Boars 192
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 121 61
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 61
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Total Meat
Production 925.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 3, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 631,000
: Steers : 305,403 48.4
: Heifers : 198,597 31.5
: Dairy Cows : 52,418 8.3
: Other Cows : 62,143 9.8
: Bulls : 12,439 2.0
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,499
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,164,486
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,099,766 97.0
: Sows : 56,450 2.6
: Boars : 8,270 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 56,288
: Mature Sheep : 3,869 6.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 52,419 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 3, 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. : 61,915 39,095 80.8 8,158 13,378 17.2
Tue. : 61,481 39,758 80.1 10,504 12,126 17.9
Wed. : 60,916 38,326 79.9 11,196 11,435 18.2
Thu. : 58,287 37,397 79.1 10,150 12,770 18.9
Fri. : 55,395 40,501 79.9 10,762 10,887 18.0
Sat. : 7,409 3,520 75.9 1,648 1,547 22.2
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Total : 305,403 198,597 79.9 52,418 62,143 18.2
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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