Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 07.08.10
20/08/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 7, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 129,329 3,179 347,910 10,319 3,164 0 46
Tuesday 126,315 3,834 400,092 8,963 2,761 0 168
Wednesday 127,190 3,374 402,731 6,435 2,424 0 196
Thursday 128,390 2,668 404,017 8,436 2,810 0 213
Friday 114,897 4,053 392,980 6,784 2,519 0 287
Saturday 27,863 37 19,899 13 48 0 0
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Total 653,984 17,145 1,967,629 40,950 13,726 0 910
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 29.5 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 6.6
%Cows 17.5 %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, August 7, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 508.7 Cattle 1,283 780
Steers 844
Heifers 765
Cows 609
Bulls 875
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 234 138
Pork 393.7 Hogs 268 200
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 301
Boars 197
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 132 66
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 907.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 7, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 653,984
: Steers : 335,067 51.2
: Heifers : 192,735 29.5
: Dairy Cows : 56,609 8.7
: Other Cows : 58,164 8.9
: Bulls : 11,409 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,145
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,967,629
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,906,705 96.9
: Sows : 54,396 2.8
: Boars : 6,528 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,950
: Mature Sheep : 2,689 6.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,261 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 7, 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. : 63,476 40,406 80.3 10,185 12,851 17.8
Tue. : 65,043 36,698 80.5 11,236 10,954 17.6
Wed. : 68,911 34,473 81.3 10,823 10,910 17.1
Thu. : 66,864 36,647 80.6 11,720 10,895 17.6
Fri. : 57,545 33,264 79.0 11,249 10,734 19.1
Sat. : 13,228 11,247 87.8 1,396 1,820 11.5
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Total : 335,067 192,735 80.7 56,609 58,164 17.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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