Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 05.06.10

18/06/2010

 Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.            
                      Week Ending  Saturday, June 5, 2010                      
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   Day      Cattle    Calves     Hogs      Sheep     Goats    Equine   1/Bison 
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                                           Head                                
Monday        4,637    1,206      1,639      488       516       0          0  
Tuesday     129,411    3,074    410,554   10,669     3,419       0        132  
Wednesday   130,212    3,284    412,885   10,333     2,133       0        207  
Thursday    131,618    2,136    409,476   10,019     2,025       0        365  
Friday      130,083    3,519    402,564    6,315     2,085       0        315  
Saturday    101,203       33    152,150    1,282        29       0         30  
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Total       627,164   13,252  1,789,268   39,106    10,207       0      1,049  
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%Steers         52.8      %Barrows & Gilts  96.9      %Lambs & Yearlings  91.4
%Heifers        28.0      %Sows              2.7      %Mature Sheep        8.6
%Cows           17.3      %Boars             0.3                             
%Bulls           1.8                                                         
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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, June 5, 2010                      
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    Production                  Species and Class  Live Weight   Dressed Weight 
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                    Mil. Lbs.                          Lbs.           Lbs.      
                                                                                
Beef                  476.9     Cattle                1,258           763       
                                Steers                                817       
                                Heifers                               747       
                                Cows                                  606       
                                Bulls                                 894       
                                                                                
Calves & Veal           2.0     Calves                  260           154       
                                                                                
Pork                  365.5     Hogs                    273           204       
                                Barrows & Gilts                       202       
                                Sows                                  304       
                                Boars                                 202       
                                                                                
Lamb & Mutton           2.8     Sheep                   143            71       
                                Mature Sheep                           64       
                                Lambs & Yearlings                      72       
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Total Meat                                                                      
Production            847.2                                                     
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  Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.  
                Week Ending  Saturday, June 5, 2010               
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             :                    :   Number of   :    Percent    
   Species   :       Class        :     Head      :   of Total    
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   Cattle    :   TOTAL            :     627,164                   
             :   Steers           :     331,398         52.8      
             :   Heifers          :     175,676         28.0      
             :   Dairy Cows       :      43,900          7.0      
             :   Other Cows       :      64,877         10.3      
             :   Bulls            :      11,313          1.8      
             :                    :                               
   Calves    :   TOTAL            :      13,252                   
             :                    :                               
   Hogs      :   TOTAL            :   1,789,268                   
             :   Barrows/Gilts    :   1,734,583         96.9      
             :   Sows             :      48,726          2.7      
             :   Boars            :       5,959          0.3      
             :                    :                               
   Sheep     :   TOTAL            :      39,106                   
             :   Mature Sheep     :       3,362          8.6      
             :   Lamb/Yearlings   :      35,744         91.4      
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           Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.          
                   Week Ending  Saturday, June 5, 2010                  
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          :                 Number of Head Slaughtered                  
          :-------------------------------------------------------------
    Day   :         :         :  S&H as  :         :         :  D&O as  
    of    :         :         :   % of   :  Dairy  :  Other  :   % of   
   Week   : Steers  : Heifers :  Cattle  :  Cows   :  Cows   :  Cattle  
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   Mon.   :   1,609        99     36.8        829     1,775      56.2   
   Tue.   :  68,319    35,303     80.1      8,640    14,569      17.9   
   Wed.   :  67,778    36,442     80.0     10,192    13,392      18.1   
   Thu.   :  69,507    35,599     79.9     10,341    13,832      18.4   
   Fri.   :  67,347    35,603     79.1     10,617    13,918      18.9   
   Sat.   :  56,838    32,630     88.4      3,281     7,391      10.5   
          :                                                             
   Total  : 331,398   175,676     80.9     43,900    64,877      17.3   
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Source:  USDA Market News/NASS  St. Joseph, MO