Actual slaughter under federal inspection — 19.06.10
02/07/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 19, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,173 3,423 397,484 8,374 2,821 0 93
Tuesday 128,180 3,522 393,169 9,426 2,451 0 218
Wednesday 127,108 2,607 406,045 9,478 2,263 0 271
Thursday 129,345 2,420 400,741 9,352 2,777 0 335
Friday 129,377 3,234 380,433 5,945 2,132 0 302
Saturday 26,130 140 26,000 1,317 23 0 0
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Total 667,313 15,346 2,003,872 43,892 12,467 0 1,219
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%Steers 52.2 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 6.3
%Cows 17.7 %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 19, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 509.2 Cattle 1,265 765
Steers 820
Heifers 749
Cows 615
Bulls 893
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 267 158
Pork 406.5 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 306
Boars 211
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 136 68
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 921.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 19, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 667,313
: Steers : 348,045 52.2
: Heifers : 189,542 28.4
: Dairy Cows : 49,878 7.5
: Other Cows : 67,925 10.2
: Bulls : 11,923 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,346
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,003,872
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,942,790 97.0
: Sows : 54,471 2.7
: Boars : 6,611 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 43,892
: Mature Sheep : 2,764 6.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 41,128 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 19, 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. : 64,025 38,565 80.7 7,811 14,560 17.6
Tue. : 64,222 38,355 80.0 10,459 12,903 18.2
Wed. : 66,419 35,915 80.5 10,032 12,358 17.6
Thu. : 69,210 34,292 80.0 10,364 13,091 18.1
Fri. : 68,217 35,290 80.0 10,235 13,247 18.2
Sat. : 15,952 7,125 88.3 977 1,766 10.5
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Total : 348,045 189,542 80.6 49,878 67,925 17.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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