Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 22.01.11
04/02/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 22, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,355 3,524 359,690 6,403 1,127 0 14
Tuesday 127,210 3,581 417,623 9,078 2,781 0 201
Wednesday 126,085 3,077 423,324 7,950 2,193 0 240
Thursday 127,601 3,025 421,512 7,532 2,131 0 189
Friday 117,054 3,868 412,228 3,764 1,206 0 208
Saturday 16,424 0 133,307 26 24 0 0
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Total 638,729 17,075 2,167,684 34,753 9,462 0 852
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%Steers 49.4 %Barrows & Gilts 97.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 28.6 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 6.6
%Cows 20.4 %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 22, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 498.8 Cattle 1,307 784
Steers 850
Heifers 785
Cows 614
Bulls 853
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 264 156
Pork 451.9 Hogs 278 209
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 307
Boars 209
Lamb & Mutton 2.5 Sheep 141 71
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 955.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 22, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 638,729
: Steers : 315,654 49.4
: Heifers : 182,520 28.6
: Dairy Cows : 62,745 9.8
: Other Cows : 67,736 10.6
: Bulls : 10,074 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,075
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,167,684
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,104,657 97.1
: Sows : 56,690 2.6
: Boars : 6,337 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 34,753
: Mature Sheep : 2,277 6.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 32,476 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 22, 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. : 58,081 42,203 80.6 9,431 13,050 18.1
Tue. : 66,756 34,518 79.6 11,797 12,261 18.9
Wed. : 57,503 40,292 77.6 13,323 12,977 20.9
Thu. : 66,999 33,915 79.1 12,837 11,921 19.4
Fri. : 60,215 29,676 76.8 12,564 12,712 21.6
Sat. : 6,100 1,916 48.8 2,793 4,815 46.3
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Total : 315,654 182,520 78.0 62,745 67,736 20.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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