Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 01.05.10
14/05/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 1, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,516 3,011 403,663 8,767 2,262 0 34
Tuesday 129,334 3,280 406,916 8,096 2,064 0 172
Wednesday 128,284 2,831 410,588 9,589 2,373 0 266
Thursday 128,145 2,527 401,862 8,535 1,914 0 319
Friday 126,800 3,391 398,386 5,973 1,466 0 295
Saturday 24,096 0 414 3 15 0 3
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Total 662,175 15,040 2,021,829 40,963 10,094 0 1,089
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 91.2
%Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 8.8
%Cows 18.8 %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, May 1, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 496.4 Cattle 1,249 752
Steers 804
Heifers 742
Cows 611
Bulls 884
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 273 162
Pork 412.9 Hogs 273 204
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 308
Boars 204
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 145 72
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 914.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 1, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 662,175
: Steers : 339,158 51.2
: Heifers : 184,350 27.8
: Dairy Cows : 52,817 8.0
: Other Cows : 72,002 10.9
: Bulls : 13,848 2.1
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,040
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,021,829
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,959,789 96.9
: Sows : 54,701 2.7
: Boars : 7,339 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,963
: Mature Sheep : 3,598 8.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 37,365 91.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 1, 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. : 63,377 37,689 80.5 7,910 14,133 17.6
Tue. : 67,406 35,508 79.6 10,433 13,263 18.3
Wed. : 65,365 36,763 79.6 11,176 12,356 18.3
Thu. : 64,532 37,871 79.9 9,462 13,508 17.9
Fri. : 67,294 32,845 79.0 10,784 13,343 19.0
Sat. : 11,184 3,674 61.7 3,052 5,399 35.1
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Total : 339,158 184,350 79.1 52,817 72,002 18.8
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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