Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 03.09.11
16/09/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 3, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,912 3,444 423,033 9,756 3,140 - 39
Tuesday 126,863 3,450 415,824 8,167 1,354 - 184
Wednesday 127,939 3,655 418,140 7,858 2,436 - 135
Thursday 130,917 2,813 416,239 7,658 2,292 - 157
Friday 120,699 3,382 412,967 6,019 2,044 - 210
Saturday 29,653 - 50,070 114 47 - -
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Total 662,983 16,744 2,136,273 39,572 11,313 - 725
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%Steers 48.9 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 92.7
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 7.3
%Cows 20.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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, September 3, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 511.4 Cattle 1,275 774
Steers 849
Heifers 778
Cows 579
Bulls 863
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 246 145
Pork 425.7 Hogs 267 199
Barrows and gilts 196
Sows 302
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 942.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 3, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 662,983
Steers 324,407 48.9
Heifers 191,093 28.8
Dairy cows 53,456 8.1
Other cows 82,280 12.4
Bulls 11,747 1.8
Calves Total 16,744
Hogs Total 2,136,273
Barrows and gilts 2,069,812 96.9
Sows 59,800 2.8
Boars 6,661 0.3
Sheep Total 39,572
Mature sheep 2,901 7.3
Lambs and yearlings 36,671 92.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 3, 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 67,241 34,243 80.0 7,797 15,535 18.4
Tuesday 64,092 35,295 78.3 10,827 14,536 20.0
Wednesday 63,653 36,936 78.6 10,890 14,232 19.6
Thursday 60,541 43,347 79.4 10,042 14,668 18.9
Friday 58,535 35,963 78.3 9,732 14,188 19.8
Saturday 10,345 5,309 52.8 4,168 9,121 44.8
Total 324,407 191,093 77.8 53,456 82,280 20.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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