Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 01.10.11
14/10/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 1, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 129,566 3,736 425,778 8,998 3,107 - 51
Tuesday 130,395 3,984 428,525 8,141 2,285 - 171
Wednesday 130,512 2,935 425,873 6,765 2,125 - 84
Thursday 130,685 2,743 426,140 6,871 1,982 - 158
Friday 123,708 3,982 417,886 5,538 2,262 - 255
Saturday 33,870 1 128,935 44 49 - -
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Total 678,736 17,381 2,253,137 36,357 11,810 - 719
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%Steers 47.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 21.5 %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, October 1, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 524.9 Cattle 1,285 776
Steers 855
Heifers 784
Cows 580
Bulls 864
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 244 144
Pork 458.5 Hogs 273 204
Barrows and gilts 201
Sows 300
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 139 69
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 988.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 1, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 678,736
Steers 322,505 47.5
Heifers 197,291 29.1
Dairy cows 58,988 8.7
Other cows 87,114 12.8
Bulls 12,838 1.9
Calves Total 17,381
Hogs Total 2,253,137
Barrows and gilts 2,183,735 96.9
Sows 62,792 2.8
Boars 6,610 0.3
Sheep Total 36,357
Mature sheep 2,459 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 33,898 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 1, 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 64,985 36,941 78.7 8,991 16,329 19.5
Tuesday 61,523 39,607 77.6 11,864 15,345 20.9
Wednesday 62,091 39,610 77.9 12,044 14,341 20.2
Thursday 64,471 37,715 78.2 10,464 15,759 20.1
Friday 56,623 39,097 77.4 11,012 14,693 20.8
Saturday 12,812 4,321 50.6 4,613 10,647 45.1
Total 322,505 197,291 76.6 58,988 87,114 21.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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