Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 12.02.11
25/02/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 12, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,566 3,492 413,674 7,436 2,425 0 122
Tuesday 123,533 3,839 413,554 8,214 1,695 0 203
Wednesday 123,747 3,452 417,480 7,855 1,215 0 112
Thursday 125,744 2,717 419,551 8,028 1,742 0 169
Friday 125,872 3,526 394,076 4,133 1,998 0 165
Saturday 15,831 2 91,420 35 30 0 0
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Total 639,293 17,028 2,149,755 35,701 9,105 0 771
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%Steers 47.5 %Barrows & Gilts 97.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 32.5 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 4.8
%Cows 18.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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, February 12, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 496.7 Cattle 1,293 780
Steers 835
Heifers 783
Cows 625
Bulls 866
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 263 156
Pork 447.4 Hogs 278 208
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 310
Boars 204
Lamb & Mutton 2.5 Sheep 143 71
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 949.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 12, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 639,293
: Steers : 303,480 47.5
: Heifers : 207,489 32.5
: Dairy Cows : 63,551 9.9
: Other Cows : 55,894 8.7
: Bulls : 8,879 1.4
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,028
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,149,755
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,086,962 97.1
: Sows : 56,933 2.6
: Boars : 5,860 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 35,701
: Mature Sheep : 1,728 4.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 33,973 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 12, 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. : 59,230 41,869 81.2 9,754 12,156 17.6
Tue. : 59,930 38,936 80.0 13,461 9,849 18.9
Wed. : 58,066 40,520 79.7 12,661 10,705 18.9
Thu. : 59,062 41,450 79.9 12,162 11,107 18.5
Fri. : 58,646 40,917 79.1 13,570 10,674 19.3
Sat. : 8,546 3,797 78.0 1,943 1,403 21.1
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Total : 303,480 207,489 79.9 63,551 55,894 18.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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