Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 25.09.10
08/10/2010
Week Ending Saturday, September 25, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 129,952 3,392 415,210 10,328 3,400 0 64
Tuesday 129,707 3,368 415,320 8,999 2,934 0 272
Wednesday 130,872 3,469 413,202 8,269 2,195 0 223
Thursday 128,045 2,379 417,384 8,500 2,510 0 235
Friday 124,014 3,128 408,215 6,592 1,636 0 188
Saturday 22,670 71 129,686 5 12 0 0
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Total 665,260 15,807 2,199,017 42,693 12,687 0 982
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%Steers 49.7 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 5.9
%Cows 19.3 %Boars 0.3
%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 25, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 518.9 Cattle 1,294 783
Steers 852
Heifers 778
Cows 598
Bulls 869
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 274 161
Pork 445.4 Hogs 272 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 304
Boars 207
Lamb & Mutton 2.8 Sheep 132 66
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 969.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 25, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 665,260
: Steers : 330,746 49.7
: Heifers : 192,350 28.9
: Dairy Cows : 57,306 8.6
: Other Cows : 70,990 10.7
: Bulls : 13,868 2.1
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,807
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,199,017
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,133,207 97.0
: Sows : 58,850 2.7
: Boars : 6,960 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 42,693
: Mature Sheep : 2,513 5.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,180 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 25, 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. : 66,570 37,764 80.3 8,274 14,850 17.8
Tue. : 66,016 36,368 78.9 11,137 13,640 19.1
Wed. : 63,527 40,210 79.3 11,241 13,264 18.7
Thu. : 62,124 38,457 78.6 11,165 13,711 19.4
Fri. : 62,872 35,770 79.5 12,005 10,800 18.4
Sat. : 9,637 3,781 59.2 3,484 4,725 36.2
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Total : 330,746 192,350 78.6 57,306 70,990 19.3
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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