Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 21.08.10
03/09/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 21, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,528 3,463 406,834 9,085 2,706 0 41
Tuesday 128,771 3,973 393,068 7,483 2,623 0 226
Wednesday 129,337 2,866 410,229 8,582 2,366 0 204
Thursday 126,072 2,680 412,896 7,861 2,320 0 197
Friday 118,453 3,507 403,844 6,861 1,482 0 249
Saturday 43,005 0 49,477 19 26 0 0
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Total 671,166 16,489 2,076,348 39,891 11,523 0 917
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%Steers 49.0 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 31.6 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 5.7
%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 21, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 519.2 Cattle 1,275 776
Steers 840
Heifers 766
Cows 602
Bulls 888
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 249 146
Pork 414.4 Hogs 267 200
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 304
Boars 183
Lamb & Mutton 2.6 Sheep 128 65
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 65
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Total Meat
Production 938.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 21, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 671,166
: Steers : 328,636 49.0
: Heifers : 211,844 31.6
: Dairy Cows : 50,665 7.5
: Other Cows : 67,228 10.0
: Bulls : 12,793 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,489
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,076,348
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,013,876 97.0
: Sows : 56,154 2.7
: Boars : 6,318 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 39,891
: Mature Sheep : 2,291 5.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 37,600 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 21, 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. : 59,082 43,699 81.9 6,901 13,432 16.2
Tue. : 62,311 40,336 79.7 11,009 12,838 18.5
Wed. : 69,177 34,717 80.3 10,513 12,618 17.9
Thu. : 62,186 38,119 79.6 9,962 13,226 18.4
Fri. : 55,799 36,712 78.1 11,014 12,207 19.6
Sat. : 20,081 18,261 89.2 1,266 2,907 9.7
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Total : 328,636 211,844 80.5 50,665 67,228 17.6
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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