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Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 07.05.11

20/05/2011
$0Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, May 7, 2011-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Monday 128,533 3,381 392,781 8,243 2,586 - 38 Tuesday 130,230 3,124 408,849 8,753 1,857 - 296 Wednesday 128,424 2,587 410,110 7,985 1,316 - 132 Thursday 130,688 2,112 402,990 8,647 2,099 - 173 Friday 127,797 3,312 372,981 4,673 1,681 - 210 Saturday 13,007 - 2,067 157 43 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 658,679 14,516 1,989,778 38,458 9,582 - 849 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 92.0%Heifers 28.7 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 8.0%Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.4 %Bulls 1.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, May 7, 2011-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 499.0 Cattle 1,257 760 Steers 816 Heifers 748 Cows 609 Bulls 887 Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 290 173 Pork 412.2 Hogs 277 207 Barrows and gilts 204 Sows 310 Boars 212 Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 149 75 Mature sheep 66 Lambs and yearlings 76 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total meat production 916.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, May 7, 2011------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------Cattle Total 658,679 Steers 337,102 51.2 Heifers 188,868 28.7 Dairy cows 53,417 8.1 Other cows 67,782 10.3 Bulls 11,510 1.7 Calves Total 14,516 Hogs Total 1,989,778 Barrows and gilts 1,925,250 96.8 Sows 57,510 2.9 Boars 7,018 0.4 Sheep Total 38,458 Mature sheep 3,072 8.0 Lambs and yearlings 35,386 92.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, May 7, 2011-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Monday 61,342 42,080 80.5 8,805 14,229 17.9 Tuesday 69,680 34,170 79.7 10,665 13,496 18.6 Wednesday 68,522 34,557 80.3 11,210 12,136 18.2 Thursday 63,239 41,188 79.9 10,732 13,051 18.2 Friday 67,141 34,909 79.9 10,621 12,648 18.2 Saturday 7,178 1,964 70.3 1,384 2,222 27.7 Total 337,102 188,868 79.9 53,417 67,782 18.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO$0


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