Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 25.12.10
07/01/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 25, 2010
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,114 3,909 429,553 11,487 4,672 0 89
Tuesday 131,063 4,015 428,633 9,994 3,264 0 78
Wednesday 131,947 3,701 427,827 9,611 2,541 0 233
Thursday 127,196 3,515 420,971 8,500 2,760 0 259
Friday 27,621 642 144,146 183 843 0 0
Saturday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total 544,941 15,782 1,851,130 39,775 14,080 0 659
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & Gilts 97.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 4.8
%Cows 20.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 25, 2010
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 426.4 Cattle 1,307 786
Steers 855
Heifers 788
Cows 604
Bulls 869
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 265 157
Pork 382.1 Hogs 276 207
Barrows & Gilts 204
Sows 307
Boars 206
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 137 69
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 813.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 25, 2010
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 544,941
: Steers : 264,737 48.6
: Heifers : 161,719 29.7
: Dairy Cows : 50,810 9.3
: Other Cows : 58,447 10.7
: Bulls : 9,228 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,782
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,851,130
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,797,514 97.1
: Sows : 48,717 2.6
: Boars : 4,899 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 39,775
: Mature Sheep : 1,927 4.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 37,848 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 25, 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. : 62,672 37,662 78.9 9,079 15,396 19.3
Tue. : 60,350 42,257 78.3 12,108 14,172 20.1
Wed. : 65,852 38,822 79.3 11,965 12,895 18.8
Thu. : 63,071 37,702 79.2 12,167 12,239 19.2
Fri. : 12,792 5,276 65.4 5,491 3,745 33.4
Sat. : 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
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Total : 264,737 161,719 78.3 50,810 58,447 20.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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