Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 09.04.11
21/04/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 9, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,442 3,428 403,117 8,319 2,811 - 63
Tuesday 129,258 3,330 417,037 8,951 1,601 - 165
Wednesday 118,506 2,775 414,999 8,003 1,493 - 176
Thursday 128,557 2,248 414,515 9,357 2,320 - 157
Friday 119,718 3,062 383,556 6,449 1,521 - 245
Saturday 7,882 - 29,806 2,275 20 - -
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Total 630,363 14,843 2,063,030 43,354 9,766 - 806
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 19.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 2.0
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- Represents zero.
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, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 9, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 477.7 Cattle 1,262 761
Steers 819
Heifers 757
Cows 607
Bulls 887
Calves and veal 2.6 Calves 297 177
Pork 428.7 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 307
Boars 215
Lamb and mutton 3.2 Sheep 148 74
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 912.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 9, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 630,363
Steers 304,008 48.2
Heifers 191,416 30.4
Dairy cows 58,166 9.2
Other cows 64,304 10.2
Bulls 12,469 2.0
Calves Total 14,843
Hogs Total 2,063,030
Barrows and gilts 2,001,210 97.0
Sows 55,657 2.7
Boars 6,163 0.3
Sheep Total 43,354
Mature sheep 2,263 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 41,091 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 9, 2011
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Number of head slaughtered
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Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
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Monday 61,685 40,064 80.5 9,415 12,908 17.7
Tuesday 64,528 37,674 79.1 12,320 12,166 18.9
Wednesday 55,485 35,939 77.1 12,227 12,442 20.8
Thursday 63,591 37,888 78.9 11,385 13,040 19.0
Friday 54,850 39,691 79.0 11,391 11,630 19.2
Saturday 3,869 160 51.1 1,428 2,118 45.0
Total 304,008 191,416 78.6 58,166 64,304 19.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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