Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 08.10.11
21/10/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 8, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 129,928 3,594 430,047 9,017 2,909 - 48
Tuesday 132,656 3,677 420,369 8,767 2,377 - 194
Wednesday 131,707 3,247 429,492 6,618 1,626 - 80
Thursday 130,931 2,817 428,488 8,224 3,038 - 262
Friday 119,923 3,444 422,209 5,796 2,087 - 330
Saturday 24,328 - 204,743 41 41 - -
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Total 669,473 16,779 2,335,348 38,463 12,078 - 914
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%Steers 48.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 91.0
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 9.0
%Cows 21.1 %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, October 8, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 521.2 Cattle 1,290 781
Steers 858
Heifers 792
Cows 582
Bulls 852
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 249 147
Pork 477.3 Hogs 274 205
Barrows and gilts 202
Sows 301
Boars 218
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,003.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 8, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 669,473
Steers 321,783 48.1
Heifers 194,541 29.1
Dairy cows 56,800 8.5
Other cows 84,173 12.6
Bulls 12,176 1.8
Calves Total 16,779
Hogs Total 2,335,348
Barrows and gilts 2,267,015 97.1
Sows 62,416 2.7
Boars 5,917 0.3
Sheep Total 38,463
Mature sheep 3,455 9.0
Lambs and yearlings 35,008 91.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 8, 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 63,813 38,323 78.6 9,064 16,428 19.6
Tuesday 68,892 34,600 78.0 11,459 15,490 20.3
Wednesday 64,020 40,061 79.0 11,062 14,400 19.3
Thursday 60,379 42,575 78.6 10,588 15,182 19.7
Friday 55,900 37,064 77.5 10,900 13,861 20.6
Saturday 8,779 1,918 44.0 3,727 8,812 51.5
Total 321,783 194,541 77.1 56,800 84,173 21.1
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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