Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 04.06.11
17/06/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 4, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 4,420 1,016 2,528 824 821 - -
Tuesday 128,526 3,009 421,471 9,737 2,858 - 181
Wednesday 130,897 3,311 423,819 8,665 1,807 - 198
Thursday 130,011 2,368 417,716 7,421 2,465 - 156
Friday 129,826 3,653 414,094 6,286 1,906 - 177
Saturday 87,656 - 64,573 1,229 30 - -
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Total 611,336 13,357 1,744,201 34,162 9,887 - 712
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%Steers 52.6 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 91.0
%Heifers 28.7 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 9.0
%Cows 17.1 %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, June 4, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 467.6 Cattle 1,261 767
Steers 827
Heifers 751
Cows 597
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 266 157
Pork 359.1 Hogs 275 206
Barrows and gilts 203
Sows 310
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 145 73
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 831.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 4, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 611,336
Steers 321,289 52.6
Heifers 175,393 28.7
Dairy cows 44,145 7.2
Other cows 60,683 9.9
Bulls 9,826 1.6
Calves Total 13,357
Hogs Total 1,744,201
Barrows and gilts 1,688,666 96.8
Sows 49,961 2.9
Boars 5,574 0.3
Sheep Total 34,162
Mature sheep 3,084 9.0
Lambs and yearlings 31,078 91.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 4, 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 1,460 481 43.9 880 1,340 50.2
Tuesday 70,858 33,127 80.9 9,398 12,858 17.3
Wednesday 68,537 36,970 80.6 10,849 12,645 17.9
Thursday 72,871 32,784 81.3 9,483 12,649 17.0
Friday 63,737 40,868 80.6 10,386 12,618 17.7
Saturday 43,826 31,163 85.5 3,149 8,573 13.4
Total 321,289 175,393 81.2 44,145 60,683 17.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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