Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 30.10.10
12/11/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 30, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 129,152 3,345 422,721 10,388 3,484 0 83
Tuesday 129,510 3,799 423,421 9,108 2,292 0 349
Wednesday 129,631 3,345 422,746 9,284 1,952 0 118
Thursday 129,886 2,803 423,165 8,542 1,785 0 136
Friday 121,884 3,652 418,426 7,357 1,873 0 335
Saturday 27,953 1 200,426 37 24 0 119
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Total 668,016 16,945 2,310,905 44,716 11,410 0 1,140
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%Steers 47.0 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 90.7
%Heifers 30.6 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 9.3
%Cows 20.5 %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 30, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 520.6 Cattle 1,298 782
Steers 856
Heifers 787
Cows 595
Bulls 863
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 264 156
Pork 479.2 Hogs 278 208
Barrows & Gilts 205
Sows 307
Boars 211
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 135 67
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 1,005.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 30, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 668,016
: Steers : 314,074 47.0
: Heifers : 204,399 30.6
: Dairy Cows : 55,607 8.3
: Other Cows : 81,219 12.2
: Bulls : 12,717 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,945
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,310,905
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,242,135 97.0
: Sows : 62,858 2.7
: Boars : 5,912 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 44,716
: Mature Sheep : 4,148 9.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,568 90.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 30, 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. : 61,191 41,559 79.6 7,887 16,341 18.8
Tue. : 62,725 39,101 78.6 11,524 13,801 19.6
Wed. : 62,711 39,485 78.8 10,830 14,274 19.4
Thu. : 59,297 43,301 79.0 10,464 14,585 19.3
Fri. : 58,614 35,941 77.6 11,161 13,637 20.3
Sat. : 9,536 5,012 52.0 3,741 8,581 44.1
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Total : 314,074 204,399 77.6 55,607 81,219 20.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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