Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 12.03.11
25/03/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 12, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,576 3,104 410,209 8,178 2,581 0 65
Tuesday 130,971 3,179 418,431 8,400 1,752 0 323
Wednesday 127,044 3,273 424,256 7,900 1,388 0 98
Thursday 117,211 2,579 419,499 7,696 1,923 0 210
Friday 115,956 3,284 389,979 5,784 1,757 0 217
Saturday 20,163 97 85,444 34 29 0 0
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Total 637,921 15,516 2,147,818 37,992 9,430 0 913
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%Steers 47.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 32.6 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 6.0
%Cows 18.6 %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 12, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 490.8 Cattle 1,281 772
Steers 829
Heifers 770
Cows 617
Bulls 882
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 267 160
Pork 448.3 Hogs 278 209
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 310
Boars 208
Lamb & Mutton 2.8 Sheep 148 74
Mature Sheep 70
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 944.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 12, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 637,921
: Steers : 300,171 47.1
: Heifers : 207,851 32.6
: Dairy Cows : 58,855 9.2
: Other Cows : 59,584 9.3
: Bulls : 11,460 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,516
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,147,818
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,081,364 96.9
: Sows : 60,210 2.8
: Boars : 6,244 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 37,992
: Mature Sheep : 2,296 6.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 35,696 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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. : 57,762 43,870 80.3 9,020 13,777 18.0
Tue. : 61,769 43,343 80.3 12,449 11,133 18.0
Wed. : 60,216 41,198 79.8 12,635 10,687 18.4
Thu. : 57,962 33,531 78.1 11,583 11,798 19.9
Fri. : 52,334 37,899 77.8 11,905 11,506 20.2
Sat. : 10,128 8,010 90.0 1,263 683 9.7
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Total : 300,171 207,851 79.6 58,855 59,584 18.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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