Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 08.01.11
21/01/2011
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 8, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 115,745 3,558 416,023 7,853 2,794 0 65
Tuesday 127,150 4,014 416,761 7,009 1,840 0 99
Wednesday 124,079 3,214 419,438 7,540 1,234 0 268
Thursday 129,420 2,487 416,797 8,609 1,581 0 280
Friday 117,357 3,887 407,478 6,077 1,732 0 305
Saturday 25,761 9 98,038 55 141 0 55
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Total 639,512 17,169 2,174,535 37,143 9,322 0 1,072
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%Steers 47.7 %Barrows & Gilts 97.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 6.2
%Cows 21.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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 8, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 499.1 Cattle 1,311 784
Steers 852
Heifers 791
Cows 613
Bulls 863
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 253 149
Pork 455.2 Hogs 279 210
Barrows & Gilts 207
Sows 308
Boars 210
Lamb & Mutton 2.6 Sheep 140 70
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 959.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 8, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 639,512
: Steers : 305,360 47.7
: Heifers : 186,597 29.2
: Dairy Cows : 67,360 10.5
: Other Cows : 70,314 11.0
: Bulls : 9,881 1.5
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,169
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,174,535
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,111,791 97.1
: Sows : 56,670 2.6
: Boars : 6,074 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 37,143
: Mature Sheep : 2,292 6.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 34,851 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 8, 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. : 56,986 37,743 81.8 7,333 12,140 16.8
Tue. : 61,644 38,575 78.8 13,002 12,257 19.9
Wed. : 56,677 38,849 77.0 13,665 12,876 21.4
Thu. : 64,290 37,281 78.5 12,878 13,173 20.1
Fri. : 57,456 31,828 76.1 13,188 12,798 22.1
Sat. : 8,307 2,321 41.3 7,294 7,070 55.8
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Total : 305,360 186,597 76.9 67,360 70,314 21.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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