Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 27.11.10
10/12/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 27, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 131,643 3,256 430,702 10,862 4,145 0 47
Tuesday 132,693 3,768 431,091 11,318 2,874 0 206
Wednesday 128,885 3,466 423,832 9,108 2,619 0 204
Thursday 72 578 1,551 80 0 0 0
Friday 128,583 2,489 411,597 5,623 1,884 0 243
Saturday 56,810 90 362,495 1,845 27 0 0
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Total 578,686 13,647 2,061,268 38,836 11,549 0 700
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%Steers 49.4 %Barrows & Gilts 97.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.0 %Mature Sheep 5.8
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.6
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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 27, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 454.4 Cattle 1,310 788
Steers 856
Heifers 794
Cows 601
Bulls 862
Calves & Veal 2.1 Calves 262 156
Pork 428.3 Hogs 278 208
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 304
Boars 216
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 136 69
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 887.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 27, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 578,686
: Steers : 285,654 49.4
: Heifers : 169,181 29.2
: Dairy Cows : 45,646 7.9
: Other Cows : 68,731 11.9
: Bulls : 9,474 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 13,647
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,061,268
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,015,402 97.8
: Sows : 40,904 2.0
: Boars : 4,962 0.2
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Sheep : TOTAL : 38,836
: Mature Sheep : 2,260 5.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 36,576 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 27, 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. : 63,272 41,204 79.4 7,624 17,435 19.0
Tue. : 66,714 37,470 78.5 11,590 14,607 19.7
Wed. : 62,269 39,145 78.7 11,630 13,605 19.6
Thu. : 64 0 88.9 0 3 4.2
Fri. : 65,954 36,413 79.6 10,770 13,593 18.9
Sat. : 27,381 14,949 74.5 4,032 9,488 23.8
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Total : 285,654 169,181 78.6 45,646 68,731 19.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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