Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.09.11
07/10/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 24, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 131,299 3,892 425,538 9,340 3,298 - 42
Tuesday 130,077 3,718 424,582 9,104 2,548 - 187
Wednesday 132,057 3,122 425,063 7,705 2,131 - 228
Thursday 124,993 2,836 417,388 7,806 2,060 - 215
Friday 107,122 3,331 416,539 6,088 2,188 - 237
Saturday 36,184 - 182,560 33 54 - -
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Total 661,732 16,899 2,291,670 40,076 12,279 - 909
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%Steers 48.0 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 91.1
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 8.9
%Cows 22.4 %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 24, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 509.8 Cattle 1,281 773
Steers 855
Heifers 779
Cows 580
Bulls 859
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 260 153
Pork 464.8 Hogs 272 203
Barrows and gilts 200
Sows 301
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 979.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 24, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 661,732
Steers 317,805 48.0
Heifers 183,114 27.7
Dairy cows 58,702 8.9
Other cows 89,320 13.5
Bulls 12,791 1.9
Calves Total 16,899
Hogs Total 2,291,670
Barrows and gilts 2,219,687 96.9
Sows 64,856 2.8
Boars 7,127 0.3
Sheep Total 40,076
Mature sheep 3,579 8.9
Lambs and yearlings 36,497 91.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 24, 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 66,819 36,480 78.7 8,560 17,174 19.6
Tuesday 61,690 39,842 78.1 10,992 15,390 20.3
Wednesday 68,884 35,147 78.8 11,215 14,568 19.5
Thursday 58,939 37,535 77.2 10,962 15,142 20.9
Friday 51,445 27,596 73.8 11,076 14,747 24.1
Saturday 10,028 6,514 45.7 5,897 12,299 50.3
Total 317,805 183,114 75.7 58,702 89,320 22.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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