Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 27.08.11
09/09/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 27, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,572 3,602 420,171 9,035 3,355 - 148
Tuesday 129,361 3,907 418,701 8,408 2,367 - 163
Wednesday 130,208 2,940 416,118 6,944 2,800 - 173
Thursday 130,987 2,487 412,357 8,656 2,521 - 170
Friday 129,467 3,132 392,648 5,960 3,270 - 195
Saturday 32,279 80 62,909 312 129 - 41
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Total 677,874 16,148 2,122,904 39,315 14,442 - 890
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%Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 20.2 %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 27, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 523.0 Cattle 1,274 774
Steers 845
Heifers 778
Cows 581
Bulls 866
Calves and veal 2.3 Calves 246 145
Pork 423.6 Hogs 267 200
Barrows and gilts 197
Sows 301
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 951.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 27, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 677,874
Steers 341,861 50.4
Heifers 187,640 27.7
Dairy cows 54,567 8.0
Other cows 82,106 12.1
Bulls 11,700 1.7
Calves Total 16,148
Hogs Total 2,122,904
Barrows and gilts 2,054,037 96.8
Sows 62,469 2.9
Boars 6,398 0.3
Sheep Total 39,315
Mature sheep 2,684 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 36,631 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 27, 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 66,899 32,104 78.8 8,646 15,821 19.5
Tuesday 67,721 34,597 79.1 10,593 14,383 19.3
Wednesday 65,691 37,330 79.1 10,410 14,711 19.3
Thursday 65,090 38,490 79.1 10,745 14,374 19.2
Friday 63,343 38,342 78.5 10,706 14,856 19.7
Saturday 13,117 6,777 61.6 3,467 7,961 35.4
Total 341,861 187,640 78.1 54,567 82,106 20.2
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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