Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.05.11
10/06/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 28, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 130,968 2,875 396,789 8,807 2,803 - 55
Tuesday 129,531 2,887 411,488 7,999 2,029 - 200
Wednesday 124,865 2,609 413,807 7,308 1,857 - 160
Thursday 129,794 2,173 407,696 7,928 2,269 - 227
Friday 129,489 3,385 393,810 6,530 2,270 - 96
Saturday 29,092 - 21,303 10 30 - 35
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Total 673,739 13,929 2,044,893 38,582 11,258 - 773
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 90.8
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 9.2
%Cows 18.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 28, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 511.7 Cattle 1,255 762
Steers 820
Heifers 751
Cows 601
Bulls 881
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 286 170
Pork 420.0 Hogs 275 206
Barrows and gilts 202
Sows 310
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 145 72
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 936.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 28, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 673,739
Steers 347,544 51.6
Heifers 191,747 28.5
Dairy cows 52,495 7.8
Other cows 70,990 10.5
Bulls 10,963 1.6
Calves Total 13,929
Hogs Total 2,044,893
Barrows and gilts 1,981,797 96.9
Sows 56,814 2.8
Boars 6,282 0.3
Sheep Total 38,582
Mature sheep 3,538 9.2
Lambs and yearlings 35,044 90.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 28, 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 64,321 41,456 80.8 8,520 14,581 17.6
Tuesday 66,362 36,923 79.7 10,804 13,262 18.6
Wednesday 64,892 34,062 79.2 10,634 13,270 19.1
Thursday 70,390 34,285 80.6 9,307 13,832 17.8
Friday 68,247 35,820 80.4 10,818 12,338 17.9
Saturday 13,332 9,201 77.5 2,412 3,707 21.0
Total 347,544 191,747 80.0 52,495 70,990 18.3
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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