Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 26.06.10
09/07/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 26, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,279 3,320 373,444 8,373 3,401 0 51
Tuesday 127,730 3,264 387,730 8,678 2,009 0 176
Wednesday 129,763 3,088 398,708 9,208 2,288 0 110
Thursday 129,783 2,640 394,368 9,255 2,469 0 214
Friday 129,030 3,492 391,752 6,197 1,665 0 244
Saturday 23,834 54 766 25 63 0 105
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Total 668,419 15,858 1,946,768 41,736 11,895 0 900
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%Steers 53.4 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 27.1 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 7.0
%Cows 17.6 %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 26, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 511.1 Cattle 1,267 767
Steers 824
Heifers 748
Cows 608
Bulls 901
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 266 157
Pork 392.7 Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 306
Boars 198
Lamb & Mutton 2.8 Sheep 135 68
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 909.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 26, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 668,419
: Steers : 357,265 53.4
: Heifers : 181,273 27.1
: Dairy Cows : 47,443 7.1
: Other Cows : 70,119 10.5
: Bulls : 12,319 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,858
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,946,768
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,887,273 96.9
: Sows : 53,528 2.7
: Boars : 5,967 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,736
: Mature Sheep : 2,901 7.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,835 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 26, 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. : 66,289 37,349 80.8 6,732 15,423 17.3
Tue. : 68,773 34,974 81.2 8,884 12,734 16.9
Wed. : 70,250 35,507 81.5 9,320 12,369 16.7
Thu. : 69,975 34,521 80.5 9,885 13,033 17.7
Fri. : 68,176 34,567 79.6 10,429 13,499 18.5
Sat. : 13,802 4,355 76.2 2,193 3,061 22.0
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Total : 357,265 181,273 80.6 47,443 70,119 17.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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