Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 22.10.11
04/11/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 22, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,395 3,709 427,653 7,903 3,383 - 44
Tuesday 131,051 3,856 426,076 8,995 2,437 - 183
Wednesday 129,904 3,644 428,333 6,374 2,008 - 147
Thursday 125,165 2,809 429,231 8,069 2,603 - 283
Friday 113,220 3,423 415,349 6,197 1,864 - 149
Saturday 33,005 - 185,063 1,028 39 - -
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Total 654,740 17,441 2,311,705 38,566 12,334 - 806
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%Steers 47.0 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 92.1
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 7.9
%Cows 21.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 22, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 509.7 Cattle 1,293 781
Steers 862
Heifers 792
Cows 581
Bulls 850
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 243 143
Pork 476.4 Hogs 276 206
Barrows and gilts 203
Sows 302
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 139 69
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 991.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 22, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 654,740
Steers 307,720 47.0
Heifers 195,208 29.8
Dairy cows 56,663 8.7
Other cows 83,774 12.8
Bulls 11,375 1.7
Calves Total 17,441
Hogs Total 2,311,705
Barrows and gilts 2,240,503 96.9
Sows 65,219 2.8
Boars 5,983 0.3
Sheep Total 38,566
Mature sheep 3,061 7.9
Lambs and yearlings 35,505 92.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 22, 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 59,257 36,626 78.3 8,658 15,679 19.9
Tuesday 66,905 35,938 78.5 12,100 13,906 19.8
Wednesday 61,354 39,993 78.0 11,851 14,475 20.3
Thursday 58,113 39,626 78.1 10,929 14,594 20.4
Friday 51,341 35,460 76.7 9,933 14,369 21.5
Saturday 10,750 7,565 55.5 3,192 10,751 42.2
Total 307,720 195,208 76.8 56,663 83,774 21.4
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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