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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 627,164 13,252 1,789,268 39,106 10,207 0 1,049 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 5, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Meat Production 847.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 5, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 5, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head Slaughtered :------------------------------------------------------------- Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO