Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 11.06.11
24/06/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 11, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,051 3,456 393,362 8,082 2,764 - 44
Tuesday 129,007 3,116 407,050 8,028 1,689 - 213
Wednesday 129,075 2,953 403,260 6,430 1,405 - 205
Thursday 126,911 2,312 398,774 7,606 2,460 - 246
Friday 128,862 3,539 371,261 6,284 1,964 - 246
Saturday 42,854 - 26,465 1,325 20 - -
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Total 680,760 15,376 2,000,172 37,755 10,302 - 954
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%Steers 51.0 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 91.3
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 8.7
%Cows 17.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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 11, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 520.6 Cattle 1,258 767
Steers 829
Heifers 753
Cows 596
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 277 165
Pork 409.3 Hogs 273 205
Barrows and gilts 202
Sows 310
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 935.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 11, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 680,760
Steers 346,884 51.0
Heifers 206,763 30.4
Dairy cows 47,101 6.9
Other cows 69,970 10.3
Bulls 10,042 1.5
Calves Total 15,376
Hogs Total 2,000,172
Barrows and gilts 1,935,660 96.8
Sows 58,714 2.9
Boars 5,798 0.3
Sheep Total 37,755
Mature sheep 3,289 8.7
Lambs and yearlings 34,466 91.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 11, 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 61,405 39,818 81.6 6,752 14,134 16.8
Tuesday 65,094 38,330 80.2 10,461 13,248 18.4
Wednesday 67,531 36,711 80.8 9,826 13,037 17.7
Thursday 66,321 36,763 81.2 8,643 13,283 17.3
Friday 66,839 37,801 81.2 9,512 12,687 17.2
Saturday 19,694 17,340 86.4 1,907 3,581 12.8
Total 346,884 206,763 81.3 47,101 69,970 17.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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