Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 14.05.11
27/05/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 14, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 129,338 2,816 375,934 8,365 2,551 - 48
Tuesday 126,467 2,660 402,670 9,030 2,006 - 301
Wednesday 128,992 2,542 402,565 8,157 1,449 - 197
Thursday 129,263 1,903 403,394 6,605 1,785 - 203
Friday 127,996 3,003 374,717 6,613 1,892 - 252
Saturday 8,176 - 21,264 26 34 - 52
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Total 650,232 12,924 1,980,544 38,796 9,717 - 1,053
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%Steers 51.9 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 92.3
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 7.7
%Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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, May 14, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 493.2 Cattle 1,256 761
Steers 822
Heifers 748
Cows 599
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 290 174
Pork 409.1 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 312
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 149 75
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 907.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 14, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 650,232
Steers 337,574 51.9
Heifers 179,816 27.7
Dairy cows 52,096 8.0
Other cows 69,114 10.6
Bulls 11,632 1.8
Calves Total 12,924
Hogs Total 1,980,544
Barrows and gilts 1,918,174 96.9
Sows 55,603 2.8
Boars 6,767 0.3
Sheep Total 38,796
Mature sheep 2,986 7.7
Lambs and yearlings 35,810 92.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 14, 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 66,253 37,342 80.1 8,875 14,631 18.2
Tuesday 65,684 35,236 79.8 10,717 12,637 18.5
Wednesday 70,022 32,840 79.7 10,678 13,255 18.6
Thursday 68,989 34,746 80.3 10,228 13,106 18.1
Friday 64,761 38,890 81.0 10,158 11,946 17.3
Saturday 1,865 762 32.1 1,440 3,539 60.9
Total 337,574 179,816 79.6 52,096 69,114 18.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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