Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 23.07.11
05/08/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 128,319 3,462 399,725 8,570 3,342 - 52
Tuesday 127,458 4,107 406,840 8,579 2,076 - 270
Wednesday 129,288 3,406 404,237 7,351 1,968 - 208
Thursday 126,620 2,930 406,114 7,351 2,560 - 244
Friday 127,016 3,750 369,657 4,772 2,086 - 198
Saturday 14,987 3 3,208 35 45 - 17
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Total 653,688 17,658 1,989,781 36,658 12,077 - 989
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%Steers 51.1 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 19.5 %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 23, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 505.3 Cattle 1,273 775
Steers 847
Heifers 769
Cows 588
Bulls 874
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 246 145
Pork 396.8 Hogs 266 200
Barrows and gilts 197
Sows 302
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 907.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 653,688
Steers 334,062 51.1
Heifers 180,830 27.7
Dairy cows 49,328 7.5
Other cows 78,380 12.0
Bulls 11,088 1.7
Calves Total 17,658
Hogs Total 1,989,781
Barrows and gilts 1,928,563 96.9
Sows 54,554 2.7
Boars 6,664 0.3
Sheep Total 36,658
Mature sheep 2,210 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 34,448 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 23, 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 63,929 38,445 79.8 8,147 15,878 18.7
Tuesday 67,062 34,499 79.7 10,405 13,249 18.6
Wednesday 67,682 35,652 79.9 9,970 14,038 18.6
Thursday 66,159 34,884 79.8 8,447 15,085 18.6
Friday 65,142 36,591 80.1 9,705 13,545 18.3
Saturday 4,088 759 32.3 2,654 6,585 61.6
Total 334,062 180,830 78.8 49,328 78,380 19.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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