Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 18.09.10
01/10/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 18, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 130,247 3,394 411,026 9,145 3,269 0 92
Tuesday 128,622 3,825 415,719 7,675 2,590 0 253
Wednesday 129,835 2,988 411,363 9,289 1,922 0 226
Thursday 129,990 2,647 417,711 9,172 1,920 0 273
Friday 127,543 3,633 406,711 6,183 1,695 0 168
Saturday 27,955 59 107,939 11 29 0 0
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Total 674,192 16,546 2,170,469 41,475 11,425 0 1,012
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 30.5 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 6.3
%Cows 19.1 %Boars 0.4
%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 18, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 525.9 Cattle 1,294 783
Steers 853
Heifers 781
Cows 597
Bulls 871
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 274 161
Pork 437.0 Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 303
Boars 193
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 132 66
Mature Sheep 60
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 968.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 18, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 674,192
: Steers : 325,218 48.2
: Heifers : 205,924 30.5
: Dairy Cows : 56,728 8.4
: Other Cows : 72,303 10.7
: Bulls : 14,019 2.1
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,546
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,170,469
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,104,128 96.9
: Sows : 58,710 2.7
: Boars : 7,631 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,475
: Mature Sheep : 2,600 6.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,875 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 18, 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. : 63,349 42,507 81.3 7,577 14,405 16.9
Tue. : 59,775 41,987 79.1 11,415 12,910 18.9
Wed. : 65,013 37,743 79.1 11,163 13,354 18.9
Thu. : 60,366 42,314 79.0 11,114 13,429 18.9
Fri. : 63,280 37,485 79.0 11,312 12,660 18.8
Sat. : 13,435 3,888 62.0 4,147 5,545 34.7
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Total : 325,218 205,924 78.8 56,728 72,303 19.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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