Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 16.07.11
29/07/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 16, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 127,840 3,391 382,690 7,763 3,027 - 37
Tuesday 128,610 4,124 416,188 8,899 2,495 - 248
Wednesday 130,353 3,482 412,455 7,021 1,743 - 231
Thursday 129,509 2,601 411,090 7,427 2,141 - 193
Friday 126,956 3,841 385,339 5,089 2,301 - 237
Saturday 28,690 - 24,091 30 43 - -
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Total 671,958 17,439 2,031,853 36,229 11,750 - 946
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%Steers 51.4 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 91.3
%Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 8.7
%Cows 19.3 %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, July 16, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 519.0 Cattle 1,272 775
Steers 846
Heifers 767
Cows 587
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 248 146
Pork 410.2 Hogs 270 202
Barrows and gilts 199
Sows 307
Boars 220
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 934.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 16, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 671,958
Steers 345,435 51.4
Heifers 186,814 27.8
Dairy cows 51,395 7.6
Other cows 78,135 11.6
Bulls 10,179 1.5
Calves Total 17,439
Hogs Total 2,031,853
Barrows and gilts 1,969,556 96.9
Sows 56,071 2.8
Boars 6,226 0.3
Sheep Total 36,229
Mature sheep 3,146 8.7
Lambs and yearlings 33,083 91.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 16, 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 66,729 36,884 81.0 7,476 15,057 17.6
Tuesday 66,368 36,152 79.7 10,951 13,195 18.8
Wednesday 67,919 36,751 80.3 10,072 13,529 18.1
Thursday 66,804 36,821 80.0 9,798 14,065 18.4
Friday 65,964 35,240 79.7 10,587 13,563 19.0
Saturday 11,651 4,966 57.9 2,511 8,726 39.2
Total 345,435 186,814 79.2 51,395 78,135 19.3
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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