Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 26.11.11
09/12/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 26, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 130,070 3,481 434,292 9,558 3,406 - 112
Tuesday 131,431 3,456 433,615 8,664 2,805 - 228
Wednesday 131,045 4,114 430,313 4,490 2,479 - 207
Thursday 1,512 409 1,370 120 142 - -
Friday 125,597 3,214 415,838 7,317 2,180 - 224
Saturday 41,626 - 355,123 3,252 35 - -
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Total 561,281 14,674 2,070,551 33,401 11,047 - 771
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%Steers 48.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.7 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 28.7 %Sows 2.1 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 20.8 %Boars 0.2
%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, November 26, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 438.2 Cattle 1,303 783
Steers 856
Heifers 790
Cows 594
Bulls 862
Calves and veal 2.2 Calves 257 152
Pork 430.4 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 301
Boars 210
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 140 70
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 873.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 26, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 561,281
Steers 274,444 48.9
Heifers 160,825 28.7
Dairy cows 47,057 8.4
Other cows 69,417 12.4
Bulls 9,538 1.7
Calves Total 14,674
Hogs Total 2,070,551
Barrows and gilts 2,022,276 97.7
Sows 43,702 2.1
Boars 4,573 0.2
Sheep Total 33,401
Mature sheep 1,807 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 31,594 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 26, 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 65,332 36,756 78.5 8,823 16,875 19.8
Tuesday 64,808 37,541 77.9 12,082 14,770 20.4
Wednesday 64,648 38,590 78.8 11,973 13,562 19.5
Thursday 6 5 0.7 194 1,088 84.8
Friday 61,756 38,792 80.1 9,691 13,599 18.5
Saturday 17,894 9,141 64.9 4,294 9,523 33.2
Total 274,444 160,825 77.5 47,057 69,417 20.8
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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