Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 18.06.11
01/07/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 128,891 3,905 393,563 8,811 3,194 - 35
Tuesday 130,746 3,459 404,564 8,679 2,200 - 249
Wednesday 130,821 3,146 403,124 5,205 1,386 - 299
Thursday 130,543 2,742 406,354 7,445 2,260 - 240
Friday 127,698 3,612 367,228 6,699 2,441 - 117
Saturday 37,186 - 2,179 1,341 35 - -
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Total 685,885 16,864 1,977,012 38,180 11,516 - 940
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%Steers 52.8 %Barrows & gilts 96.6 %Lambs & yearlings 90.9
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 3.0 %Mature sheep 9.1
%Cows 17.9 %Boars 0.4
%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 18, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 525.8 Cattle 1,263 769
Steers 832
Heifers 756
Cows 591
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 2.6 Calves 263 155
Pork 402.9 Hogs 273 204
Barrows and gilts 201
Sows 309
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 141 70
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 934.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 685,885
Steers 362,230 52.8
Heifers 190,214 27.7
Dairy cows 50,674 7.4
Other cows 71,840 10.5
Bulls 10,927 1.6
Calves Total 16,864
Hogs Total 1,977,012
Barrows and gilts 1,910,159 96.6
Sows 59,880 3.0
Boars 6,973 0.4
Sheep Total 38,180
Mature sheep 3,461 9.1
Lambs and yearlings 34,719 90.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 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 68,945 36,365 81.7 7,641 14,081 16.9
Tuesday 68,543 36,682 80.5 10,233 13,210 17.9
Wednesday 67,808 36,907 80.0 10,601 13,447 18.4
Thursday 69,810 34,880 80.2 10,270 13,380 18.1
Friday 68,388 34,452 80.5 10,086 12,686 17.8
Saturday 18,736 10,928 79.8 1,843 5,036 18.5
Total 362,230 190,214 80.5 50,674 71,840 17.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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