Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 20.08.11
02/09/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 20, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 129,704 3,525 410,526 8,857 3,276 - 131
Tuesday 129,143 3,668 416,304 8,129 2,623 - 179
Wednesday 129,268 3,044 410,476 8,115 2,279 - 117
Thursday 128,754 2,628 413,613 8,197 2,587 - 196
Friday 124,529 3,502 397,084 5,639 2,164 - 199
Saturday 27,979 4 2,339 44 27 - -
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Total 669,377 16,371 2,050,342 38,981 12,956 - 822
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%Steers 52.7 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 25.8 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 6.9
%Cows 19.9 %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 20, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 517.5 Cattle 1,273 776
Steers 849
Heifers 770
Cows 577
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 250 147
Pork 407.4 Hogs 266 199
Barrows and gilts 196
Sows 304
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 929.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 20, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 669,377
Steers 352,438 52.7
Heifers 172,400 25.8
Dairy cows 54,183 8.1
Other cows 79,036 11.8
Bulls 11,320 1.7
Calves Total 16,371
Hogs Total 2,050,342
Barrows and gilts 1,986,380 96.9
Sows 57,840 2.8
Boars 6,122 0.3
Sheep Total 38,981
Mature sheep 2,694 6.9
Lambs and yearlings 36,287 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 20, 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 69,506 35,176 80.7 8,007 15,132 17.8
Tuesday 70,362 33,492 80.4 10,827 12,530 18.1
Wednesday 66,944 35,226 79.0 10,909 14,056 19.3
Thursday 68,875 33,197 79.3 10,090 14,406 19.0
Friday 66,638 31,022 78.4 10,341 14,230 19.7
Saturday 10,113 4,287 51.5 4,009 8,682 45.4
Total 352,438 172,400 78.4 54,183 79,036 19.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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