Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 01.01.11
14/01/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 1, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,558 3,710 368,176 8,949 2,668 0 27
Tuesday 127,599 3,471 425,454 10,213 2,632 0 87
Wednesday 130,415 3,538 425,189 8,427 2,007 0 309
Thursday 127,228 3,253 418,882 7,462 2,026 0 160
Friday 55,488 1,772 285,753 1,796 1,392 0 156
Saturday 278 0 172 0 0 0 0
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Total 566,566 15,744 1,923,626 36,847 10,725 0 739
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%Steers 48.0 %Barrows & Gilts 97.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 31.1 %Sows 2.3 %Mature Sheep 4.7
%Cows 19.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.2
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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, January 1, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 446.6 Cattle 1,315 791
Steers 856
Heifers 794
Cows 619
Bulls 910
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 256 152
Pork 399.5 Hogs 277 208
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 304
Boars 201
Lamb & Mutton 2.6 Sheep 141 71
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 851.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 1, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 566,566
: Steers : 272,221 48.0
: Heifers : 175,924 31.1
: Dairy Cows : 52,491 9.3
: Other Cows : 58,937 10.4
: Bulls : 6,993 1.2
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,744
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,923,626
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,873,537 97.4
: Sows : 44,965 2.3
: Boars : 5,124 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 36,847
: Mature Sheep : 1,746 4.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 35,101 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 1, 2011
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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. : 62,813 40,071 81.9 7,859 13,375 16.9
Tue. : 62,009 39,447 79.5 11,731 12,966 19.4
Wed. : 59,662 43,595 79.2 12,565 12,876 19.5
Thu. : 60,796 41,252 80.2 10,961 12,796 18.7
Fri. : 26,937 11,559 69.4 9,121 6,914 28.9
Sat. : 4 0 1.4 254 10 95.0
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Total : 272,221 175,924 79.1 52,491 58,937 19.7
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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