Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.07.10
06/08/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 24, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,087 3,646 382,490 8,960 3,304 0 114
Tuesday 130,076 4,211 391,795 8,794 2,161 0 277
Wednesday 130,580 3,242 399,566 6,886 1,947 0 264
Thursday 130,202 2,695 399,103 9,175 2,774 0 267
Friday 127,377 3,374 358,797 6,664 1,594 0 262
Saturday 21,616 137 27,124 17 74 0 0
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Total 665,938 17,305 1,958,875 40,496 11,854 0 1,184
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%Steers 51.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 28.3 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 5.9
%Cows 18.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 24, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 513.5 Cattle 1,275 773
Steers 836
Heifers 761
Cows 602
Bulls 889
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 245 145
Pork 393.9 Hogs 269 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 306
Boars 209
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 912.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 24, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 665,938
: Steers : 344,217 51.7
: Heifers : 188,461 28.3
: Dairy Cows : 53,421 8.0
: Other Cows : 68,272 10.3
: Bulls : 11,567 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,305
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,958,875
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,896,748 96.8
: Sows : 55,457 2.8
: Boars : 6,670 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,496
: Mature Sheep : 2,404 5.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,092 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 24, 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. : 63,268 37,811 80.2 8,188 14,713 18.2
Tue. : 66,904 36,649 79.6 11,329 12,838 18.6
Wed. : 69,359 35,387 80.2 10,569 13,111 18.1
Thu. : 68,038 36,555 80.3 10,802 12,659 18.0
Fri. : 64,848 37,876 80.6 10,157 12,041 17.4
Sat. : 11,800 4,183 73.9 2,376 2,910 24.5
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Total : 344,217 188,461 80.0 53,421 68,272 18.3
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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