Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 15.01.11
28/01/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 15, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 116,735 3,603 389,182 6,959 2,705 0 38
Tuesday 125,665 3,870 374,279 8,876 2,297 0 122
Wednesday 120,832 3,111 415,453 8,070 1,229 0 205
Thursday 127,906 2,480 420,538 8,331 2,456 0 286
Friday 123,746 3,811 406,661 3,765 1,721 0 204
Saturday 16,536 0 120,964 35 42 0 0
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Total 631,420 16,875 2,127,077 36,036 10,450 0 855
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%Steers 46.8 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 6.8
%Cows 20.5 %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, January 15, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 491.8 Cattle 1,302 782
Steers 849
Heifers 787
Cows 611
Bulls 863
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 262 154
Pork 444.6 Hogs 279 209
Barrows & Gilts 207
Sows 304
Boars 214
Lamb & Mutton 2.5 Sheep 141 71
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 941.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 15, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 631,420
: Steers : 295,353 46.8
: Heifers : 196,786 31.2
: Dairy Cows : 61,817 9.8
: Other Cows : 67,359 10.7
: Bulls : 10,105 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,875
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,127,077
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,063,151 97.0
: Sows : 57,878 2.7
: Boars : 6,048 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 36,036
: Mature Sheep : 2,451 6.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 33,585 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 15, 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. : 54,052 38,106 78.9 8,949 13,869 19.5
Tue. : 61,436 37,802 79.0 12,081 12,478 19.5
Wed. : 50,236 43,403 77.5 12,528 12,613 20.8
Thu. : 60,848 40,478 79.2 11,996 12,657 19.3
Fri. : 61,794 35,056 78.3 12,817 12,070 20.1
Sat. : 6,987 1,941 54.0 3,446 3,672 43.0
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Total : 295,353 196,786 77.9 61,817 67,359 20.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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