Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 06.11.10
19/11/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 6, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,240 3,165 422,139 10,118 3,218 0 100
Tuesday 130,714 3,843 427,006 10,128 2,035 0 203
Wednesday 121,918 3,502 427,655 8,741 2,115 0 261
Thursday 131,510 3,074 424,933 8,712 2,704 0 245
Friday 118,941 3,150 420,238 7,070 1,771 0 194
Saturday 22,981 1 220,398 78 174 0 0
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Total 652,304 16,735 2,342,369 44,847 12,017 0 1,003
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%Steers 46.5 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 90.3
%Heifers 29.9 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 9.7
%Cows 21.7 %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, November 6, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 508.2 Cattle 1,302 782
Steers 858
Heifers 790
Cows 598
Bulls 862
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 259 153
Pork 486.7 Hogs 279 208
Barrows & Gilts 205
Sows 303
Boars 208
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 1,000.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 6, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 652,304
: Steers : 303,209 46.5
: Heifers : 195,180 29.9
: Dairy Cows : 57,412 8.8
: Other Cows : 83,820 12.8
: Bulls : 12,683 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,735
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,342,369
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,271,632 97.0
: Sows : 64,259 2.7
: Boars : 6,478 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 44,847
: Mature Sheep : 4,365 9.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,482 90.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 6, 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. : 63,046 35,991 78.5 8,419 16,462 19.7
Tue. : 58,514 44,377 78.7 10,864 14,675 19.5
Wed. : 53,621 40,932 77.6 10,748 14,300 20.5
Thu. : 63,331 39,569 78.2 11,282 15,121 20.1
Fri. : 57,232 33,532 76.3 11,026 14,701 21.6
Sat. : 7,465 779 35.9 5,073 8,561 59.3
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Total : 303,209 195,180 76.4 57,412 83,820 21.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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