Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 19.11.11
02/12/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 19, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,334 3,439 433,389 9,381 3,472 - 173
Tuesday 129,224 3,414 428,657 9,211 2,687 - 226
Wednesday 125,638 3,337 425,905 7,099 1,969 - 180
Thursday 128,381 2,794 428,526 7,495 1,918 - 226
Friday 107,898 3,448 427,931 5,393 2,065 - 282
Saturday 24,089 3 224,187 105 265 - 49
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Total 638,564 16,435 2,368,595 38,684 12,376 - 1,136
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%Steers 46.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 23.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 2.0
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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 19, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 491.1 Cattle 1,292 771
Steers 852
Heifers 788
Cows 584
Bulls 847
Calves and veal 2.5 Calves 261 154
Pork 492.9 Hogs 279 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 303
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 989.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 19, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 638,564
Steers 296,944 46.5
Heifers 178,967 28.0
Dairy cows 61,361 9.6
Other cows 88,749 13.9
Bulls 12,543 2.0
Calves Total 16,435
Hogs Total 2,368,595
Barrows and gilts 2,294,986 96.9
Sows 66,371 2.8
Boars 7,238 0.3
Sheep Total 38,684
Mature sheep 2,397 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 36,287 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 19, 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 59,093 34,972 76.3 9,088 18,001 22.0
Tuesday 63,229 36,920 77.5 11,747 15,238 20.9
Wednesday 57,157 39,628 77.0 12,033 14,578 21.2
Thursday 60,851 38,762 77.6 11,065 15,423 20.6
Friday 51,649 27,905 73.7 11,693 14,460 24.2
Saturday 4,965 780 23.8 5,735 11,049 69.7
Total 296,944 178,967 74.5 61,361 88,749 23.5
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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