Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 14.08.10
27/08/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 14, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,147 3,460 399,352 10,004 3,936 0 55
Tuesday 127,906 4,116 407,140 8,880 3,070 0 148
Wednesday 126,280 2,961 407,351 9,489 2,682 0 144
Thursday 128,176 2,776 389,442 8,541 3,030 0 145
Friday 117,000 3,649 400,185 7,527 2,011 0 252
Saturday 20,334 58 46,367 160 230 0 0
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Total 644,843 17,020 2,049,837 44,601 14,959 0 744
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%Steers 49.5 %Barrows & Gilts 97.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 5.9
%Cows 17.6 %Boars 0.3
%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, August 14, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 500.1 Cattle 1,279 778
Steers 840
Heifers 768
Cows 605
Bulls 890
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 253 149
Pork 408.8 Hogs 267 200
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 303
Boars 196
Lamb & Mutton 2.8 Sheep 127 64
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 63
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Total Meat
Production 914.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 14, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 644,843
: Steers : 319,285 49.5
: Heifers : 200,200 31.0
: Dairy Cows : 52,349 8.1
: Other Cows : 60,835 9.4
: Bulls : 12,174 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,020
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,049,837
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,990,853 97.1
: Sows : 53,076 2.6
: Boars : 5,908 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 44,601
: Mature Sheep : 2,640 5.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 41,961 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 14, 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. : 62,412 39,503 81.4 8,289 12,817 16.9
Tue. : 62,481 40,725 80.7 11,284 11,111 17.5
Wed. : 66,238 35,614 80.7 11,075 11,301 17.7
Thu. : 62,935 40,448 80.7 10,235 11,889 17.3
Fri. : 55,579 36,481 78.7 10,443 11,846 19.1
Sat. : 9,640 7,429 83.9 1,023 1,871 14.2
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Total : 319,285 200,200 80.6 52,349 60,835 17.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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