Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 13.11.10
26/11/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 13, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 130,410 3,190 425,006 10,121 3,711 0 59
Tuesday 132,679 3,924 425,493 10,578 2,542 0 142
Wednesday 125,878 3,369 429,947 9,624 2,889 0 347
Thursday 123,968 2,508 391,728 8,291 1,261 0 203
Friday 114,890 3,843 422,119 10,027 3,622 0 203
Saturday 32,842 51 219,561 309 290 0 57
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Total 660,667 16,885 2,313,854 48,950 14,315 0 1,011
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%Steers 46.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 92.5
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 7.5
%Cows 21.7 %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, November 13, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 514.3 Cattle 1,301 781
Steers 857
Heifers 790
Cows 598
Bulls 869
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 268 159
Pork 480.8 Hogs 279 208
Barrows & Gilts 205
Sows 306
Boars 219
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 133 67
Mature Sheep 62
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 1,001.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 13, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 660,667
: Steers : 304,338 46.1
: Heifers : 199,277 30.2
: Dairy Cows : 60,743 9.2
: Other Cows : 82,934 12.6
: Bulls : 13,375 2.0
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,885
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,313,854
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,243,172 96.9
: Sows : 64,086 2.8
: Boars : 6,596 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 48,950
: Mature Sheep : 3,649 7.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 45,301 92.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 13, 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. : 60,479 42,983 79.3 8,637 15,919 18.8
Tue. : 59,315 44,569 78.3 11,737 14,761 20.0
Wed. : 61,332 36,276 77.5 11,393 14,357 20.5
Thu. : 58,661 36,874 77.1 11,995 14,147 21.1
Fri. : 53,882 33,201 75.8 11,534 13,868 22.1
Sat. : 10,669 5,374 48.8 5,447 9,882 46.7
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Total : 304,338 199,277 76.2 60,743 82,934 21.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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