Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 02.10.10
15/10/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 2, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,865 3,619 411,801 10,082 3,146 0 58
Tuesday 128,041 3,357 415,962 9,210 2,387 0 238
Wednesday 126,394 3,276 417,214 7,943 2,460 0 164
Thursday 128,791 2,595 411,179 9,448 2,196 0 258
Friday 119,246 3,667 400,686 7,149 1,877 0 175
Saturday 25,246 0 93,068 29 26 0 0
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Total 656,583 16,514 2,149,910 43,861 12,092 0 893
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%Steers 48.0 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 92.8
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 7.2
%Cows 18.8 %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, October 2, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 513.5 Cattle 1,293 785
Steers 854
Heifers 781
Cows 601
Bulls 865
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 270 160
Pork 437.8 Hogs 273 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 307
Boars 202
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 135 67
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 956.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 2, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 656,583
: Steers : 315,478 48.0
: Heifers : 205,106 31.2
: Dairy Cows : 54,917 8.4
: Other Cows : 68,195 10.4
: Bulls : 12,887 2.0
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,514
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,149,910
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,084,644 97.0
: Sows : 58,602 2.7
: Boars : 6,664 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,861
: Mature Sheep : 3,170 7.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,691 92.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 2, 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. : 61,409 42,414 80.6 8,610 13,996 17.5
Tue. : 61,897 40,196 79.7 11,517 12,109 18.5
Wed. : 59,636 42,870 81.1 10,216 11,435 17.1
Thu. : 62,416 40,203 79.7 10,668 12,911 18.3
Fri. : 58,793 34,712 78.4 10,740 12,573 19.6
Sat. : 11,327 4,711 63.5 3,166 5,171 33.0
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Total : 315,478 205,106 79.3 54,917 68,195 18.8
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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