Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.11.11
18/11/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 5, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,692 3,800 420,820 8,323 3,263 - 55
Tuesday 130,285 3,391 431,110 9,014 2,524 - 232
Wednesday 122,569 3,211 429,595 7,698 2,090 - 119
Thursday 128,394 2,617 422,600 8,186 2,447 - 136
Friday 122,154 3,708 423,063 7,565 2,454 - 173
Saturday 22,865 1 221,812 794 1,966 - -
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Total 649,959 16,728 2,349,000 41,580 14,744 - 715
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%Steers 47.7 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 22.6 %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, November 5, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 503.1 Cattle 1,293 776
Steers 857
Heifers 788
Cows 584
Bulls 849
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 248 146
Pork 487.0 Hogs 278 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 302
Boars 213
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 995.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 5, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 649,959
Steers 309,730 47.7
Heifers 181,847 28.0
Dairy cows 60,412 9.3
Other cows 86,319 13.3
Bulls 11,651 1.8
Calves Total 16,728
Hogs Total 2,349,000
Barrows and gilts 2,276,443 96.9
Sows 66,069 2.8
Boars 6,488 0.3
Sheep Total 41,580
Mature sheep 2,670 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 38,910 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 5, 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 62,842 33,274 77.7 9,373 16,135 20.6
Tuesday 64,717 36,460 77.7 11,528 15,524 20.8
Wednesday 58,102 35,709 76.5 11,762 14,917 21.8
Thursday 60,854 38,320 77.2 11,821 15,205 21.0
Friday 56,807 36,706 76.6 11,859 14,498 21.6
Saturday 6,408 1,378 34.1 4,069 10,040 61.7
Total 309,730 181,847 75.6 60,412 86,319 22.6
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
(816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lgmn@ams.usda.gov
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