Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 20.11.10
03/12/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 20, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 131,161 3,424 423,568 11,260 3,212 0 55
Tuesday 129,775 3,719 425,626 11,718 3,036 0 232
Wednesday 132,175 2,962 425,657 9,092 3,313 0 221
Thursday 131,049 3,156 423,930 8,324 1,483 0 218
Friday 122,762 3,560 422,757 7,306 2,428 0 218
Saturday 34,027 67 204,408 69 127 0 0
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Total 680,949 16,888 2,325,946 47,769 13,599 0 944
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%Steers 47.2 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 91.3
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 8.7
%Cows 21.1 %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, November 20, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 528.7 Cattle 1,298 779
Steers 851
Heifers 788
Cows 597
Bulls 856
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 271 161
Pork 482.6 Hogs 278 208
Barrows & Gilts 205
Sows 306
Boars 218
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 131 66
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 1,017.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 20, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 680,949
: Steers : 321,636 47.2
: Heifers : 202,468 29.7
: Dairy Cows : 57,922 8.5
: Other Cows : 85,979 12.6
: Bulls : 12,944 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,888
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,325,946
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,257,167 97.0
: Sows : 62,620 2.7
: Boars : 6,159 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 47,769
: Mature Sheep : 4,134 8.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 43,635 91.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 20, 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. : 66,319 36,503 78.4 8,120 17,760 19.7
Tue. : 62,634 39,010 78.3 11,745 13,993 19.8
Wed. : 59,745 43,975 78.5 10,581 15,549 19.8
Thu. : 62,027 40,928 78.6 11,085 14,751 19.7
Fri. : 60,952 33,796 77.2 11,046 14,626 20.9
Sat. : 9,959 8,256 53.5 5,345 9,300 43.0
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Total : 321,636 202,468 77.0 57,922 85,979 21.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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