Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.08.10
10/09/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 28, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,123 3,139 407,392 9,659 3,056 0 46
Tuesday 127,977 4,093 405,736 7,473 2,765 0 192
Wednesday 130,877 3,201 416,913 8,928 1,929 0 175
Thursday 129,602 2,732 412,188 8,603 2,662 0 207
Friday 128,822 3,652 406,960 7,218 1,801 0 222
Saturday 37,651 74 71,182 31 29 0 0
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Total 683,052 16,891 2,120,371 41,912 12,242 0 842
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%Steers 50.8 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 91.8
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 8.2
%Cows 17.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 2.0
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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 28, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 530.0 Cattle 1,280 778
Steers 842
Heifers 766
Cows 602
Bulls 882
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 261 154
Pork 422.2 Hogs 267 199
Barrows & Gilts 196
Sows 302
Boars 201
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 129 65
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 64
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Total Meat
Production 957.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 28, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 683,052
: Steers : 346,978 50.8
: Heifers : 200,510 29.4
: Dairy Cows : 52,239 7.6
: Other Cows : 69,796 10.2
: Bulls : 13,529 2.0
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,891
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,120,371
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,055,685 96.9
: Sows : 58,222 2.7
: Boars : 6,464 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,912
: Mature Sheep : 3,427 8.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,485 91.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 28, 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. : 66,557 35,573 79.7 8,290 15,044 18.2
Tue. : 64,783 37,969 80.3 10,549 12,399 17.9
Wed. : 67,254 38,169 80.6 10,114 12,865 17.6
Thu. : 63,161 40,154 79.7 10,271 13,281 18.2
Fri. : 65,879 35,902 79.0 10,712 13,574 18.9
Sat. : 19,344 12,743 85.2 2,303 2,633 13.1
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Total : 346,978 200,510 80.2 52,239 69,796 17.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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