Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.02.11
18/02/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 5, 2011
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Head
Monday 121,123 3,576 380,702 7,868 2,515 0 65
Tuesday 124,050 4,076 372,683 8,460 1,845 0 181
Wednesday 115,691 2,475 281,166 6,495 1,296 0 164
Thursday 124,077 2,922 395,600 7,902 1,619 0 233
Friday 123,021 3,688 398,206 5,129 1,643 0 213
Saturday 18,612 1 230,490 28 47 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 626,574 16,738 2,058,847 35,882 8,965 0 856
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & Gilts 97.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature Sheep 5.2
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 5, 2011
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 487.2 Cattle 1,291 780
Steers 845
Heifers 777
Cows 617
Bulls 868
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 262 155
Pork 427.9 Hogs 277 208
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 306
Boars 213
Lamb & Mutton 2.6 Sheep 142 72
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 72
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Meat
Production 920.2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 5, 2011
------------------------------------------------------------------
: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle : TOTAL : 626,574
: Steers : 299,613 47.8
: Heifers : 195,235 31.2
: Dairy Cows : 59,005 9.4
: Other Cows : 63,056 10.1
: Bulls : 9,665 1.5
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,738
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,058,847
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,003,839 97.3
: Sows : 48,951 2.4
: Boars : 6,057 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 35,882
: Mature Sheep : 1,849 5.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 34,033 94.8
------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 5, 2011
------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Head Slaughtered
:-------------------------------------------------------------
Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as
of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of
Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mon. : 58,867 37,390 79.5 9,504 13,433 18.9
Tue. : 58,052 37,268 76.8 12,473 14,071 21.4
Wed. : 53,504 38,778 79.8 10,476 11,260 18.8
Thu. : 58,328 40,094 79.3 11,356 12,294 19.1
Fri. : 61,244 38,118 80.8 12,521 9,603 18.0
Sat. : 9,618 3,587 70.9 2,675 2,395 27.2
:
Total : 299,613 195,235 79.0 59,005 63,056 19.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
Share this story:
