Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 10.01.09
23/01/2009
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 10, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 118,959 4,360 430,282 9,673 4,278 0 227
Tuesday 127,381 4,448 439,797 9,090 1,956 0 288
Wednesday 107,582 4,015 432,970 6,279 1,560 0 276
Thursday 127,276 4,516 435,113 9,254 2,454 0 152
Friday 116,029 4,132 437,120 7,562 1,833 0 69
Saturday 11,733 2 212,664 16 15 0 120
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Total 608,960 21,473 2,387,946 41,874 12,096 0 1,132
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%Steers 46.8 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 4.8
%Cows 22.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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 plants, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 10, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 472.6 Cattle 1,306 779
Steers 852
Heifers 787
Cows 607
Bulls 874
Calves & Veal 2.9 Calves 239 139
Pork 490.2 Hogs 274 205
Barrows & Gilts 203
Sows 301
Boars 206
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 142 71
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 968.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 10, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 608,960
: Steers : 284,884 46.8
: Heifers : 179,308 29.4
: Dairy Cows : 71,678 11.8
: Other Cows : 64,364 10.6
: Bulls : 8,726 1.4
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Calves : TOTAL : 21,473
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,387,946
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,308,976 96.7
: Sows : 71,197 3.0
: Boars : 7,773 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,874
: Mature Sheep : 2,003 4.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,871 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 10, 2009
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: Number of Head Slaughtered
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Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as
of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of
Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle
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Mon. : 58,310 34,978 78.4 11,038 13,237 20.4
Tue. : 59,047 41,257 78.7 14,102 11,390 20.0
Wed. : 51,276 29,210 74.8 13,916 11,649 23.8
Thu. : 61,361 38,356 78.3 14,003 11,872 20.3
Fri. : 54,043 35,245 77.0 12,855 12,070 21.5
Sat. : 847 262 9.5 5,764 4,146 84.5
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Total : 284,884 179,308 76.2 71,678 64,364 22.3
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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