Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 29.01.11
11/02/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 29, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,366 3,724 418,768 7,303 3,004 0 42
Tuesday 129,032 3,623 425,237 8,272 1,869 0 263
Wednesday 127,936 2,682 421,897 7,931 1,082 0 241
Thursday 127,874 2,486 420,574 7,753 1,142 0 242
Friday 123,171 3,570 406,720 3,335 1,871 0 182
Saturday 20,243 0 91,358 41 31 0 0
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Total 653,622 16,085 2,184,554 34,635 8,999 0 970
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%Steers 46.9 %Barrows & Gilts 97.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 31.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 5.6
%Cows 20.1 %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 29, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 507.6 Cattle 1,298 779
Steers 846
Heifers 780
Cows 613
Bulls 860
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 246 146
Pork 453.7 Hogs 277 208
Barrows & Gilts 205
Sows 307
Boars 218
Lamb & Mutton 2.5 Sheep 144 72
Mature Sheep 70
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 966.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 29, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 653,622
: Steers : 306,567 46.9
: Heifers : 204,675 31.3
: Dairy Cows : 62,463 9.6
: Other Cows : 69,171 10.6
: Bulls : 10,746 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,085
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,184,554
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,120,505 97.1
: Sows : 57,572 2.6
: Boars : 6,477 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 34,635
: Mature Sheep : 1,932 5.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 32,703 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 29, 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. : 55,628 43,707 79.2 9,178 15,001 19.3
Tue. : 60,917 41,014 79.0 12,356 12,808 19.5
Wed. : 58,909 41,896 78.8 12,605 12,504 19.6
Thu. : 61,970 38,075 78.2 12,796 13,054 20.2
Fri. : 59,315 37,500 78.6 12,220 11,887 19.6
Sat. : 9,828 2,483 60.8 3,308 3,917 35.7
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Total : 306,567 204,675 78.2 62,463 69,171 20.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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