Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 04.12.10
17/12/2010
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 4, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,838 3,465 423,212 10,139 2,778 0 66
Tuesday 129,460 4,103 426,399 10,041 1,692 0 87
Wednesday 132,464 3,630 427,735 9,015 1,905 0 229
Thursday 132,335 2,890 425,869 8,765 1,571 0 354
Friday 132,112 3,777 418,083 7,183 1,567 0 370
Saturday 25,661 1 204,007 1,964 36 0 70
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Total 680,870 17,866 2,325,305 47,107 9,549 0 1,176
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%Steers 47.4 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 5.3
%Cows 20.8 %Boars 0.3
%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, December 4, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 529.7 Cattle 1,303 781
Steers 852
Heifers 786
Cows 602
Bulls 863
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 254 150
Pork 484.3 Hogs 279 208
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 310
Boars 208
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 141 70
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 1,020.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 4, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 680,870
: Steers : 322,751 47.4
: Heifers : 205,437 30.2
: Dairy Cows : 61,288 9.0
: Other Cows : 80,448 11.8
: Bulls : 10,946 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,866
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,325,305
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,253,674 96.9
: Sows : 64,665 2.8
: Boars : 6,966 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 47,107
: Mature Sheep : 2,499 5.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 44,608 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 4, 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. : 62,445 41,856 81.0 7,189 15,629 17.7
Tue. : 59,906 41,122 78.0 12,286 14,103 20.4
Wed. : 61,639 43,007 79.0 11,765 14,075 19.5
Thu. : 62,018 41,327 78.1 12,640 14,308 20.4
Fri. : 67,828 35,698 78.4 12,257 14,226 20.0
Sat. : 8,915 2,427 44.2 5,151 8,107 51.7
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Total : 322,751 205,437 77.6 61,288 80,448 20.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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