Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 03.07.10
16/07/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,455 3,221 393,414 9,609 2,961 0 77
Tuesday 129,230 3,794 400,985 7,487 2,284 0 301
Wednesday 128,849 2,747 404,908 9,164 2,401 0 170
Thursday 128,251 3,049 402,152 10,102 2,480 0 328
Friday 130,075 4,010 358,528 6,378 2,124 0 139
Saturday 17,368 61 4,396 9 18 0 0
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Total 661,228 16,882 1,964,383 42,749 12,268 0 1,015
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%Steers 49.8 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 6.1
%Cows 17.3 %Boars 0.4
%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, July 3, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 506.2 Cattle 1,265 768
Steers 827
Heifers 755
Cows 606
Bulls 889
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 263 154
Pork 394.7 Hogs 269 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 310
Boars 191
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 906.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 3, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 661,228
: Steers : 329,506 49.8
: Heifers : 205,078 31.0
: Dairy Cows : 46,632 7.1
: Other Cows : 67,924 10.3
: Bulls : 12,088 1.8
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,882
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,964,383
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,902,896 96.9
: Sows : 54,076 2.8
: Boars : 7,411 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 42,749
: Mature Sheep : 2,607 6.1
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,142 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 3, 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. : 63,253 40,999 81.8 6,362 14,342 16.2
Tue. : 63,914 40,148 80.5 9,708 13,084 17.6
Wed. : 66,019 39,105 81.6 8,807 12,749 16.7
Thu. : 64,135 39,963 81.2 9,395 12,509 17.1
Fri. : 63,636 40,146 79.8 10,495 13,304 18.3
Sat. : 8,549 4,717 76.4 1,865 1,936 21.9
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Total : 329,506 205,078 80.8 46,632 67,924 17.3
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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