Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 23.10.10
05/11/2010
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 23, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,329 3,536 419,990 10,769 3,646 0 122
Tuesday 132,766 3,516 423,526 10,221 2,438 0 143
Wednesday 131,654 3,397 422,087 8,183 2,285 0 124
Thursday 130,043 2,734 421,206 8,600 2,324 0 269
Friday 114,082 3,669 417,120 6,415 1,700 0 239
Saturday 32,977 2 237,328 38 24 0 23
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Total 668,851 16,854 2,341,257 44,226 12,417 0 920
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%Steers 47.4 %Barrows & Gilts 97.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 91.7
%Heifers 30.6 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 8.3
%Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 23, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 524.5 Cattle 1,303 787
Steers 860
Heifers 790
Cows 599
Bulls 863
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 272 161
Pork 484.0 Hogs 277 207
Barrows & Gilts 204
Sows 306
Boars 206
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 133 67
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 1,014.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 23, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 668,851
: Steers : 316,993 47.4
: Heifers : 204,483 30.6
: Dairy Cows : 55,030 8.2
: Other Cows : 79,418 11.9
: Bulls : 12,927 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,854
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,341,257
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,272,987 97.1
: Sows : 61,863 2.6
: Boars : 6,407 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 44,226
: Mature Sheep : 3,671 8.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,555 91.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 23, 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. : 63,994 37,620 79.8 7,513 15,842 18.3
Tue. : 64,426 40,082 78.7 10,998 14,754 19.4
Wed. : 62,557 41,647 79.1 11,348 13,823 19.1
Thu. : 60,385 42,693 79.3 10,653 13,744 18.8
Fri. : 51,895 35,961 77.0 10,362 13,497 20.9
Sat. : 13,736 6,480 61.3 4,156 7,758 36.1
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Total : 316,993 204,483 78.0 55,030 79,418 20.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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