Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 11.09.10
24/09/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 11, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 4,714 993 2,007 1,245 1,728 0 0
Tuesday 129,797 3,829 425,047 10,868 4,698 0 322
Wednesday 131,271 3,712 414,880 11,136 3,325 0 231
Thursday 130,996 2,600 425,316 8,984 3,555 0 281
Friday 130,880 3,910 414,046 7,131 759 0 105
Saturday 55,335 43 242,731 46 130 0 0
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Total 582,993 15,087 1,924,027 39,410 14,195 0 939
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%Steers 49.6 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 6.4
%Cows 19.3 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 2.1
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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, September 11, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 454.2 Cattle 1,291 782
Steers 851
Heifers 777
Cows 600
Bulls 876
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 260 153
Pork 387.6 Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 304
Boars 206
Lamb & Mutton 2.4 Sheep 124 62
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 62
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Total Meat
Production 846.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 11, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 582,993
: Steers : 289,059 49.6
: Heifers : 169,341 29.0
: Dairy Cows : 50,512 8.7
: Other Cows : 62,048 10.6
: Bulls : 12,033 2.1
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,087
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,924,027
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,867,101 97.0
: Sows : 52,385 2.7
: Boars : 4,541 0.2
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 39,410
: Mature Sheep : 2,527 6.4
: Lamb/Yearlings : 36,883 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 11, 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. : 2,191 379 54.5 966 968 41.0
Tue. : 64,423 39,372 80.0 8,972 14,295 17.9
Wed. : 66,672 37,112 79.1 12,387 12,663 19.1
Thu. : 64,432 38,636 78.7 11,903 13,480 19.4
Fri. : 62,550 41,017 79.1 11,439 13,143 18.8
Sat. : 28,791 12,825 75.2 4,845 7,499 22.3
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Total : 289,059 169,341 78.6 50,512 62,048 19.3
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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