Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 10.09.11
23/09/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 5,210 701 2,304 266 525 - -
Tuesday 123,016 3,832 426,011 9,798 3,590 - 188
Wednesday 131,433 4,092 429,203 8,751 2,277 - 157
Thursday 127,692 2,867 430,281 7,748 2,123 - 241
Friday 130,016 3,113 424,803 7,368 2,365 - 201
Saturday 61,371 146 307,452 31 25 - -
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Total 578,738 14,751 2,020,054 33,962 10,905 - 787
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%Steers 49.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 92.8
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 7.2
%Cows 21.0 %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 10, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 448.0 Cattle 1,280 777
Steers 855
Heifers 779
Cows 579
Bulls 868
Calves and veal 2.1 Calves 252 148
Pork 406.2 Hogs 269 201
Barrows and gilts 199
Sows 301
Boars 210
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 858.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 578,738
Steers 286,417 49.5
Heifers 160,090 27.7
Dairy cows 49,236 8.5
Other cows 72,567 12.5
Bulls 10,428 1.8
Calves Total 14,751
Hogs Total 2,020,054
Barrows and gilts 1,963,976 97.2
Sows 50,423 2.5
Boars 5,655 0.3
Sheep Total 33,962
Mature sheep 2,461 7.2
Lambs and yearlings 31,501 92.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 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 625 218 16.2 1,415 2,661 78.2
Tuesday 65,288 30,734 78.1 9,506 15,268 20.1
Wednesday 68,271 36,323 79.6 10,414 14,335 18.8
Thursday 63,115 37,545 78.8 10,679 14,287 19.6
Friday 64,217 38,842 79.3 10,644 14,135 19.1
Saturday 24,901 16,428 67.3 6,578 11,881 30.1
Total 286,417 160,090 77.2 49,236 72,567 21.0
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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