Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 29.10.11
11/11/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 29, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 127,293 3,637 427,444 9,498 3,127 - 48
Tuesday 130,912 3,568 432,244 8,946 2,235 - 198
Wednesday 130,476 3,495 429,841 7,511 1,869 - 218
Thursday 131,110 2,657 428,937 7,265 2,570 - 171
Friday 124,430 3,495 422,124 5,380 2,156 - 75
Saturday 28,151 - 167,190 28 30 - -
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Total 672,372 16,852 2,307,780 38,628 11,987 - 710
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%Steers 48.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 92.0
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 8.0
%Cows 21.7 %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 29, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 522.8 Cattle 1,294 780
Steers 859
Heifers 788
Cows 585
Bulls 847
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 253 148
Pork 476.2 Hogs 277 206
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 302
Boars 214
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 137 68
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,004.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 29, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 672,372
Steers 323,565 48.1
Heifers 190,867 28.4
Dairy cows 59,777 8.9
Other cows 86,422 12.9
Bulls 11,741 1.7
Calves Total 16,852
Hogs Total 2,307,780
Barrows and gilts 2,238,515 97.0
Sows 63,030 2.7
Boars 6,235 0.3
Sheep Total 38,628
Mature sheep 3,109 8.0
Lambs and yearlings 35,519 92.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 29, 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 62,503 36,051 77.4 10,452 16,275 21.0
Tuesday 66,756 35,449 78.1 12,001 14,562 20.3
Wednesday 61,773 40,737 78.6 11,472 14,523 19.9
Thursday 61,874 40,573 78.1 11,168 15,403 20.3
Friday 61,745 34,254 77.2 11,158 14,917 21.0
Saturday 8,914 3,803 45.2 3,526 10,742 50.7
Total 323,565 190,867 76.5 59,777 86,422 21.7
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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