Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 12.06.10
25/06/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 12, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 129,653 3,173 399,870 6,870 2,608 0 104
Tuesday 128,169 3,058 402,915 9,364 2,146 0 176
Wednesday 122,864 2,787 401,492 9,758 1,944 0 261
Thursday 123,244 2,490 407,701 9,842 2,528 0 325
Friday 123,163 2,766 370,801 6,625 1,933 0 228
Saturday 32,064 43 47,282 1,268 16 0 0
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Total 659,157 14,317 2,030,061 43,727 11,175 0 1,094
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%Steers 50.9 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 92.3
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 7.7
%Cows 18.0 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.9
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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 12, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 500.5 Cattle 1,260 762
Steers 818
Heifers 746
Cows 612
Bulls 900
Calves & Veal 2.2 Calves 264 156
Pork 413.3 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 310
Boars 197
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 140 70
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 919.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 12, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 659,157
: Steers : 335,217 50.9
: Heifers : 192,717 29.2
: Dairy Cows : 48,911 7.4
: Other Cows : 70,033 10.6
: Bulls : 12,279 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,317
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,030,061
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,966,412 96.9
: Sows : 56,177 2.8
: Boars : 7,472 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,727
: Mature Sheep : 3,348 7.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,379 92.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 12, 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. : 64,462 39,492 80.2 7,769 15,405 17.9
Tue. : 61,033 41,738 80.2 10,350 12,766 18.0
Wed. : 62,401 35,446 79.6 9,731 12,789 18.3
Thu. : 62,958 33,856 78.6 9,849 14,304 19.6
Fri. : 62,531 35,049 79.2 10,062 13,019 18.7
Sat. : 21,832 7,136 90.3 1,150 1,750 9.0
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Total : 335,217 192,717 80.1 48,911 70,033 18.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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