Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 19.03.11
01/04/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 116,477 3,171 406,505 9,255 2,754 0 60
Tuesday 123,195 3,560 421,069 8,694 1,833 0 177
Wednesday 122,253 3,181 420,402 7,318 1,300 0 144
Thursday 117,690 2,534 422,801 9,024 1,776 0 246
Friday 110,209 3,225 396,976 6,417 1,485 0 198
Saturday 29,405 0 72,076 109 21 0 0
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Total 619,229 15,671 2,139,829 40,817 9,169 0 825
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%Steers 47.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 31.9 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 6.9
%Cows 18.8 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 19, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 476.8 Cattle 1,281 773
Steers 829
Heifers 774
Cows 616
Bulls 879
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 285 171
Pork 445.9 Hogs 278 209
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 309
Boars 210
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 148 74
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 75
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Total Meat
Production 928.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 619,229
: Steers : 293,839 47.5
: Heifers : 197,252 31.9
: Dairy Cows : 57,534 9.3
: Other Cows : 58,777 9.5
: Bulls : 11,827 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,671
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,139,829
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,074,359 96.9
: Sows : 59,008 2.8
: Boars : 6,462 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 40,817
: Mature Sheep : 2,813 6.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,004 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 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. : 55,748 36,830 79.5 9,279 12,550 18.7
Tue. : 65,399 32,508 79.5 12,151 10,797 18.6
Wed. : 54,809 42,000 79.2 11,993 11,204 19.0
Thu. : 54,443 37,444 78.1 11,454 11,867 19.8
Fri. : 47,364 37,251 76.8 11,297 11,696 20.9
Sat. : 16,076 11,219 92.8 1,360 663 6.9
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Total : 293,839 197,252 79.3 57,534 58,777 18.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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