Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 13.08.11
26/08/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 13, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,463 3,520 394,435 8,352 3,507 - 42
Tuesday 129,594 4,392 405,644 8,560 2,115 - 203
Wednesday 127,504 3,256 408,944 8,177 2,282 - 82
Thursday 127,516 2,611 411,033 8,208 2,663 - 162
Friday 127,429 3,898 394,158 5,502 1,916 - 294
Saturday 26,647 - 26,945 27 36 - -
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Total 665,153 17,677 2,041,159 38,826 12,519 - 783
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%Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 19.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 13, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 513.4 Cattle 1,267 774
Steers 846
Heifers 773
Cows 576
Bulls 869
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 241 142
Pork 404.6 Hogs 265 198
Barrows and gilts 195
Sows 305
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 60
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 923.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 13, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 665,153
Steers 334,926 50.4
Heifers 192,224 28.9
Dairy cows 53,224 8.0
Other cows 74,073 11.1
Bulls 10,706 1.6
Calves Total 17,677
Hogs Total 2,041,159
Barrows and gilts 1,977,372 96.9
Sows 57,917 2.8
Boars 5,870 0.3
Sheep Total 38,826
Mature sheep 2,185 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 36,641 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 13, 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 64,796 36,542 80.1 7,968 15,237 18.3
Tuesday 64,344 38,499 79.4 11,013 13,780 19.1
Wednesday 64,497 36,886 79.5 10,461 13,577 18.9
Thursday 63,427 39,083 80.4 10,814 12,235 18.1
Friday 66,357 36,561 80.8 10,329 12,190 17.7
Saturday 11,505 4,653 60.6 2,639 7,054 36.4
Total 334,926 192,224 79.3 53,224 74,073 19.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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