Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 02.07.11
15/07/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 2, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 128,760 3,351 388,334 8,472 3,295 - 121
Tuesday 130,534 3,185 407,874 8,564 2,416 - 158
Wednesday 131,316 3,806 404,601 7,270 1,777 - 199
Thursday 129,587 2,883 404,860 7,724 2,528 - 117
Friday 121,682 3,544 351,844 4,834 2,534 - 214
Saturday 27,945 - 2,771 238 74 - -
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Total 669,824 16,769 1,960,284 37,102 12,624 - 809
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 96.6 %Lambs & yearlings 89.5
%Heifers 28.1 %Sows 3.0 %Mature sheep 10.5
%Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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, July 2, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 515.9 Cattle 1,270 773
Steers 838
Heifers 766
Cows 592
Bulls 880
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 251 148
Pork 396.4 Hogs 271 202
Barrows and gilts 199
Sows 309
Boars 212
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 137 68
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 917.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 2, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 669,824
Steers 345,643 51.6
Heifers 188,381 28.1
Dairy cows 51,023 7.6
Other cows 73,641 11.0
Bulls 11,136 1.7
Calves Total 16,769
Hogs Total 1,960,284
Barrows and gilts 1,894,031 96.6
Sows 59,598 3.0
Boars 6,655 0.3
Sheep Total 37,102
Mature sheep 3,880 10.5
Lambs and yearlings 33,222 89.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 2, 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 68,255 36,217 81.1 7,345 14,915 17.3
Tuesday 67,557 37,231 80.3 10,527 13,195 18.2
Wednesday 67,765 37,390 80.1 10,468 13,625 18.3
Thursday 66,499 37,907 80.6 9,605 13,411 17.8
Friday 62,350 34,377 79.5 10,326 12,582 18.8
Saturday 13,217 5,259 66.1 2,752 5,913 31.0
Total 345,643 188,381 79.7 51,023 73,641 18.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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