Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 09.07.11
22/07/2011
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 9, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 1,878 749 1,266 223 239 - -
Tuesday 123,639 3,346 423,513 8,789 3,234 - 191
Wednesday 127,500 3,860 419,760 8,211 2,020 - 204
Thursday 131,168 3,192 417,852 7,837 2,154 - 188
Friday 130,742 4,305 415,902 6,659 1,574 - 227
Saturday 69,907 - 52,435 28 33 - -
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Total 584,834 15,452 1,730,728 31,747 9,254 - 810
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%Steers 52.9 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 17.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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 9, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 456.0 Cattle 1,279 782
Steers 845
Heifers 771
Cows 595
Bulls 896
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 242 142
Pork 351.6 Hogs 271 203
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 308
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 811.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 9, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 584,834
Steers 309,462 52.9
Heifers 166,548 28.5
Dairy cows 41,077 7.0
Other cows 59,726 10.2
Bulls 8,021 1.4
Calves Total 15,452
Hogs Total 1,730,728
Barrows and gilts 1,675,685 96.8
Sows 50,366 2.9
Boars 4,677 0.3
Sheep Total 31,747
Mature sheep 1,909 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 29,838 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 9, 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 285 201 25.9 606 675 68.2
Tuesday 67,830 31,987 80.7 7,975 13,939 17.7
Wednesday 68,618 34,716 81.0 10,010 12,454 17.6
Thursday 69,564 36,825 81.1 9,659 13,401 17.6
Friday 69,437 36,665 81.2 10,190 12,611 17.4
Saturday 33,728 26,154 85.7 2,637 6,646 13.3
Total 309,462 166,548 81.4 41,077 59,726 17.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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