Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.03.11
18/03/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 5, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,217 3,640 410,743 8,015 2,621 0 79
Tuesday 129,714 3,431 421,912 8,704 2,098 0 167
Wednesday 127,859 3,243 422,997 6,681 1,136 0 46
Thursday 127,658 2,734 424,394 8,589 1,994 0 183
Friday 113,672 3,405 395,268 5,574 1,882 0 305
Saturday 19,404 186 63,362 46 47 0 0
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Total 644,524 16,639 2,138,676 37,609 9,778 0 780
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%Steers 47.2 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 31.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 4.9
%Cows 19.2 %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, March 5, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 495.3 Cattle 1,283 771
Steers 829
Heifers 774
Cows 613
Bulls 869
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 272 161
Pork 445.8 Hogs 278 209
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 308
Boars 224
Lamb & Mutton 2.8 Sheep 148 74
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 946.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 5, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 644,524
: Steers : 304,270 47.2
: Heifers : 205,114 31.8
: Dairy Cows : 62,085 9.6
: Other Cows : 61,400 9.5
: Bulls : 11,655 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,639
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,138,676
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,075,470 97.0
: Sows : 56,797 2.7
: Boars : 6,409 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 37,609
: Mature Sheep : 1,831 4.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 35,778 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 5, 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. : 62,712 37,834 79.7 10,078 13,355 18.6
Tue. : 60,890 41,682 79.1 12,218 12,407 19.0
Wed. : 55,172 46,075 79.2 13,073 11,110 18.9
Thu. : 61,221 41,343 80.3 12,402 10,798 18.2
Fri. : 54,370 34,224 77.9 11,874 10,941 20.1
Sat. : 9,905 3,956 71.4 2,440 2,789 26.9
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Total : 304,270 205,114 79.0 62,085 61,400 19.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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