Actual slaughter under federal inspection—31.07.10
13/08/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 31, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,961 3,621 384,434 9,912 3,053 0 54
Tuesday 125,388 3,964 381,237 7,327 2,244 0 117
Wednesday 129,039 3,823 400,983 7,408 1,721 0 308
Thursday 129,537 2,836 398,332 8,520 2,471 0 227
Friday 129,425 3,698 369,274 7,748 1,852 0 226
Saturday 12,198 80 15,606 7 25 0 24
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Total 653,548 18,022 1,949,866 40,922 11,366 0 956
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%Steers 50.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 6.0
%Cows 18.1 %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 31, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 503.9 Cattle 1,277 773
Steers 837
Heifers 763
Cows 599
Bulls 884
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 253 150
Pork 390.6 Hogs 268 200
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 304
Boars 200
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 899.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 31, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 653,548
: Steers : 327,900 50.2
: Heifers : 196,053 30.0
: Dairy Cows : 56,727 8.7
: Other Cows : 61,344 9.4
: Bulls : 11,524 1.8
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 18,022
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,949,866
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,886,672 96.8
: Sows : 56,029 2.9
: Boars : 7,165 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,922
: Mature Sheep : 2,467 6.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,455 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 31, 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. : 64,490 39,252 81.1 9,437 12,655 17.3
Tue. : 63,628 36,046 79.5 11,989 11,545 18.8
Wed. : 63,531 40,686 80.8 11,351 11,405 17.6
Thu. : 62,080 42,180 80.5 11,441 11,466 17.7
Fri. : 69,208 35,154 80.6 10,916 11,841 17.6
Sat. : 4,963 2,735 63.1 1,593 2,432 33.0
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Total : 327,900 196,053 80.2 56,727 61,344 18.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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