Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 26.02.11
11/03/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 26, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 112,704 3,612 389,892 4,751 1,085 0 165
Tuesday 129,930 3,434 423,937 9,852 2,865 0 205
Wednesday 130,553 3,568 421,382 7,276 1,594 0 128
Thursday 130,642 2,801 413,558 9,156 1,843 0 173
Friday 123,901 3,233 392,442 5,373 1,667 0 209
Saturday 26,868 248 65,503 36 39 0 9
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Total 654,598 16,896 2,106,714 36,444 9,093 0 889
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%Steers 46.8 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 31.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 5.2
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 26, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 503.7 Cattle 1,285 772
Steers 830
Heifers 779
Cows 610
Bulls 874
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 271 161
Pork 439.1 Hogs 278 209
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 308
Boars 202
Lamb & Mutton 2.6 Sheep 145 72
Mature Sheep 70
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 948.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 26, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 654,598
: Steers : 306,584 46.8
: Heifers : 208,065 31.8
: Dairy Cows : 60,708 9.3
: Other Cows : 67,155 10.3
: Bulls : 12,086 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,896
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,106,714
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,043,410 97.0
: Sows : 56,749 2.7
: Boars : 6,555 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 36,444
: Mature Sheep : 1,905 5.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 34,539 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 26, 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. : 54,299 34,750 79.0 9,088 12,588 19.2
Tue. : 62,175 40,374 78.9 11,747 13,352 19.3
Wed. : 58,772 44,328 79.0 12,765 12,476 19.3
Thu. : 61,081 42,267 79.1 11,979 12,712 18.9
Fri. : 58,279 38,973 78.5 12,775 11,480 19.6
Sat. : 11,978 7,373 72.0 2,354 4,547 25.7
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Total : 306,584 208,065 78.6 60,708 67,155 19.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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