Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.04.10
07/05/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 24, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,572 3,205 401,691 8,667 2,903 0 52
Tuesday 128,979 3,669 410,833 8,053 2,049 0 178
Wednesday 127,476 2,586 407,305 9,460 1,781 0 148
Thursday 127,201 2,920 407,935 9,109 2,343 0 266
Friday 114,984 3,185 397,842 5,139 1,404 0 294
Saturday 21,590 1 36,971 3 10 0 123
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Total 646,802 15,566 2,062,577 40,431 10,490 0 1,061
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%Steers 49.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 92.7
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 7.3
%Cows 19.0 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 2.1
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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 24, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 485.0 Cattle 1,249 753
Steers 807
Heifers 743
Cows 611
Bulls 882
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 281 167
Pork 421.8 Hogs 273 205
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 306
Boars 198
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 143 71
Mature Sheep 60
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 912.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 24, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 646,802
: Steers : 318,617 49.3
: Heifers : 191,893 29.7
: Dairy Cows : 54,015 8.4
: Other Cows : 68,817 10.6
: Bulls : 13,460 2.1
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,566
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,062,577
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,999,548 96.9
: Sows : 55,445 2.7
: Boars : 7,584 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,431
: Mature Sheep : 2,960 7.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 37,471 92.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 24, 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. : 59,200 42,464 80.3 8,399 14,084 17.8
Tue. : 66,262 36,756 79.9 10,218 12,883 17.9
Wed. : 63,519 37,472 79.2 11,102 12,961 18.9
Thu. : 60,694 39,945 79.1 10,886 13,105 18.9
Fri. : 56,256 31,801 76.6 11,275 13,057 21.2
Sat. : 12,686 3,455 74.8 2,135 2,727 22.5
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Total : 318,617 191,893 78.9 54,015 68,817 19.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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