Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 26.03.11
08/04/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 26, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,732 3,499 406,844 8,347 2,736 0 103
Tuesday 129,915 3,523 421,043 8,548 1,757 0 255
Wednesday 112,649 3,124 413,302 7,709 1,148 0 93
Thursday 129,045 2,480 415,893 8,732 1,630 0 185
Friday 116,177 3,234 393,117 6,399 1,939 0 262
Saturday 16,402 4 63,827 1,606 30 0 0
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Total 632,920 15,864 2,114,026 41,341 9,240 0 898
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%Steers 50.6 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 5.6
%Cows 18.7 %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 26, 2011
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 485.0 Cattle 1,273 769
Steers 827
Heifers 766
Cows 605
Bulls 871
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 290 173
Pork 439.9 Hogs 278 208
Barrows & Gilts 206
Sows 307
Boars 208
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 148 74
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 930.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 26, 2011
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 632,920
: Steers : 320,305 50.6
: Heifers : 182,349 28.8
: Dairy Cows : 56,169 8.9
: Other Cows : 61,958 9.8
: Bulls : 12,139 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,864
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,114,026
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,050,293 97.0
: Sows : 57,406 2.7
: Boars : 6,327 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,341
: Mature Sheep : 2,298 5.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,043 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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. : 64,311 39,276 80.5 9,697 12,927 17.6
Tue. : 66,671 37,344 80.1 11,755 11,966 18.3
Wed. : 59,360 28,469 78.0 10,996 11,532 20.0
Thu. : 63,240 39,491 79.6 11,335 12,432 18.4
Fri. : 57,035 34,161 78.5 10,854 11,738 19.4
Sat. : 9,688 3,608 81.1 1,532 1,363 17.7
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Total : 320,305 182,349 79.4 56,169 61,958 18.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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