Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 17.07.10
30/07/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 17, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 129,313 3,791 400,486 10,057 3,058 0 101
Tuesday 130,418 4,033 392,469 7,531 2,521 0 250
Wednesday 129,630 3,232 401,483 10,566 1,655 0 303
Thursday 129,559 2,678 401,384 9,276 2,380 0 203
Friday 129,020 3,799 386,633 5,366 1,905 0 233
Saturday 16,527 37 17,770 3 21 0 110
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Total 664,467 17,570 2,000,225 42,799 11,540 0 1,200
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%Steers 51.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 5.7
%Cows 18.1 %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, July 17, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 511.4 Cattle 1,275 772
Steers 832
Heifers 759
Cows 606
Bulls 886
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 244 144
Pork 403.2 Hogs 269 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 306
Boars 198
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 136 68
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 919.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 17, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 664,467
: Steers : 342,182 51.5
: Heifers : 189,415 28.5
: Dairy Cows : 50,581 7.6
: Other Cows : 69,430 10.4
: Bulls : 12,859 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,570
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,000,225
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,936,706 96.8
: Sows : 56,369 2.8
: Boars : 7,150 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 42,799
: Mature Sheep : 2,430 5.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,369 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 17, 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. : 65,205 39,684 81.1 7,313 14,663 17.0
Tue. : 69,656 34,838 80.1 10,048 13,546 18.1
Wed. : 68,426 36,183 80.7 9,935 12,687 17.5
Thu. : 63,030 41,830 80.9 9,478 12,806 17.2
Fri. : 69,097 35,021 80.7 10,408 12,017 17.4
Sat. : 6,768 1,859 52.2 3,399 3,711 43.0
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Total : 342,182 189,415 80.0 50,581 69,430 18.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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