Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 06.08.11
19/08/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 6, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,950 3,608 349,926 8,705 4,123 - 43
Tuesday 129,054 4,208 405,427 8,443 2,584 - 134
Wednesday 128,137 3,472 404,897 8,612 2,399 - 65
Thursday 128,616 3,310 408,239 7,937 1,921 - 203
Friday 120,591 3,921 368,145 5,100 2,368 - 173
Saturday 30,335 - 31,765 985 68 - -
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Total 659,683 18,519 1,968,399 39,782 13,463 - 618
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%Steers 51.1 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 19.6 %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, August 6, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 509.3 Cattle 1,271 774
Steers 846
Heifers 769
Cows 583
Bulls 868
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 233 137
Pork 390.2 Hogs 265 198
Barrows and gilts 195
Sows 301
Boars 214
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 904.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 6, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 659,683
Steers 336,810 51.1
Heifers 182,115 27.6
Dairy cows 53,223 8.1
Other cows 76,064 11.5
Bulls 11,471 1.7
Calves Total 18,519
Hogs Total 1,968,399
Barrows and gilts 1,907,402 96.9
Sows 55,243 2.8
Boars 5,754 0.3
Sheep Total 39,782
Mature sheep 2,324 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 37,458 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 6, 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 63,303 34,017 79.2 8,132 15,378 19.1
Tuesday 68,189 34,680 79.7 10,803 13,330 18.7
Wednesday 65,467 36,969 79.9 10,505 13,106 18.4
Thursday 62,496 39,966 79.7 10,268 13,880 18.8
Friday 63,686 30,834 78.4 10,592 13,203 19.7
Saturday 13,669 5,649 63.7 2,923 7,167 33.3
Total 336,810 182,115 78.7 53,223 76,064 19.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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