Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 25.06.11
08/07/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 25, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 128,107 3,317 393,977 8,547 2,565 - 136
Tuesday 130,996 3,363 406,580 8,425 2,115 - 201
Wednesday 129,866 3,309 404,756 4,617 1,778 - 186
Thursday 129,632 3,062 400,758 8,087 2,482 - 245
Friday 130,234 3,576 343,687 6,814 2,237 - 181
Saturday 41,633 - 10,943 34 26 - -
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Total 690,468 16,627 1,960,701 36,524 11,203 - 949
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%Steers 52.8 %Barrows & gilts 96.6 %Lambs & yearlings 89.6
%Heifers 27.4 %Sows 3.1 %Mature sheep 10.4
%Cows 18.2 %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 25, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 530.6 Cattle 1,267 771
Steers 833
Heifers 762
Cows 593
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 251 149
Pork 397.5 Hogs 272 203
Barrows and gilts 199
Sows 309
Boars 212
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 58
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 933.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 25, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 690,468
Steers 364,755 52.8
Heifers 189,403 27.4
Dairy cows 50,126 7.3
Other cows 75,394 10.9
Bulls 10,790 1.6
Calves Total 16,627
Hogs Total 1,960,701
Barrows and gilts 1,893,240 96.6
Sows 60,974 3.1
Boars 6,487 0.3
Sheep Total 36,524
Mature sheep 3,810 10.4
Lambs and yearlings 32,714 89.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 25, 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 65,148 38,348 80.8 7,120 15,583 17.7
Tuesday 71,322 33,519 80.0 9,904 14,221 18.4
Wednesday 71,646 32,444 80.2 10,404 13,292 18.2
Thursday 68,008 36,014 80.2 9,972 13,544 18.1
Friday 67,162 37,677 80.5 10,346 13,035 18.0
Saturday 21,469 11,401 79.0 2,380 5,719 19.5
Total 364,755 189,403 80.3 50,126 75,394 18.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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