Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 17.09.11
30/09/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 17, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 133,377 3,808 423,380 8,729 3,150 - 89
Tuesday 132,245 4,066 426,807 8,814 2,180 - 189
Wednesday 132,552 3,068 428,384 7,363 1,796 - 159
Thursday 127,370 2,920 415,723 8,120 2,199 - 246
Friday 106,368 3,497 420,417 5,625 2,058 - 169
Saturday 26,737 - 176,158 26 60 - -
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Total 658,649 17,359 2,290,869 38,677 11,443 - 852
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 22.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 17, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 507.7 Cattle 1,278 773
Steers 853
Heifers 781
Cows 580
Bulls 865
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 253 149
Pork 461.6 Hogs 270 202
Barrows and gilts 199
Sows 296
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 136 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 974.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 17, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 658,649
Steers 317,443 48.2
Heifers 181,475 27.6
Dairy cows 60,473 9.2
Other cows 86,528 13.1
Bulls 12,730 1.9
Calves Total 17,359
Hogs Total 2,290,869
Barrows and gilts 2,219,231 96.9
Sows 64,997 2.8
Boars 6,641 0.3
Sheep Total 38,677
Mature sheep 2,408 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 36,269 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 17, 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 66,620 37,677 78.2 10,322 16,266 19.9
Tuesday 66,213 37,904 78.7 10,859 15,093 19.6
Wednesday 66,200 38,437 78.9 12,065 13,749 19.5
Thursday 62,281 37,085 78.0 10,512 15,252 20.2
Friday 49,262 29,117 73.7 11,044 14,690 24.2
Saturday 6,867 1,255 30.4 5,671 11,478 64.1
Total 317,443 181,475 75.7 60,473 86,528 22.3
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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