Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 10.07.10
23/07/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 5,325 1,209 4,966 993 649 0 39
Tuesday 129,050 3,398 413,134 9,827 2,799 0 155
Wednesday 128,971 2,921 410,543 10,074 2,406 0 121
Thursday 130,730 2,589 408,923 9,456 2,465 0 262
Friday 129,315 3,168 405,288 7,068 2,494 0 268
Saturday 76,456 773 78,298 19 2 0 0
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Total 599,847 14,058 1,721,152 37,437 10,815 0 845
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%Steers 54.0 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 27.5 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 6.5
%Cows 16.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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 10, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 464.3 Cattle 1,276 776
Steers 834
Heifers 759
Cows 608
Bulls 884
Calves & Veal 2.0 Calves 247 145
Pork 348.2 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 309
Boars 192
Lamb & Mutton 2.5 Sheep 132 66
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 817.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 10, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 599,847
: Steers : 324,180 54.0
: Heifers : 164,984 27.5
: Dairy Cows : 42,912 7.2
: Other Cows : 58,499 9.8
: Bulls : 9,272 1.5
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,058
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,721,152
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,664,048 96.7
: Sows : 51,910 3.0
: Boars : 5,194 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 37,437
: Mature Sheep : 2,425 6.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 35,012 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 10, 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. : 1,799 1,186 56.1 891 1,324 41.6
Tue. : 70,287 32,873 79.9 9,297 14,414 18.4
Wed. : 68,775 34,905 80.4 10,401 12,876 18.0
Thu. : 67,972 37,742 80.9 9,736 13,121 17.5
Fri. : 70,854 32,048 79.6 10,774 13,267 18.6
Sat. : 44,493 26,230 92.5 1,813 3,497 6.9
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Total : 324,180 164,984 81.5 42,912 58,499 16.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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