Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection -17.01.09
30/01/2009
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 17, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 118,949 4,258 417,982 9,163 3,648 0 137
Tuesday 127,384 4,654 420,922 9,118 2,065 0 216
Wednesday 112,556 3,732 435,190 6,801 2,079 0 143
Thursday 126,374 3,375 427,693 9,532 2,582 0 253
Friday 109,122 3,432 425,872 7,450 1,717 0 350
Saturday 22,410 1 182,241 33 18 0 29
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Total 616,795 19,452 2,309,900 42,097 12,109 0 1,128
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%Steers 48.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 28.1 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 5.0
%Cows 22.2 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.6
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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 17, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 480.6 Cattle 1,306 782
Steers 853
Heifers 789
Cows 611
Bulls 863
Calves & Veal 2.8 Calves 253 148
Pork 472.3 Hogs 272 205
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 302
Boars 202
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 142 70
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 958.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 17, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 616,795
: Steers : 296,896 48.1
: Heifers : 173,268 28.1
: Dairy Cows : 65,525 10.6
: Other Cows : 71,261 11.6
: Bulls : 9,845 1.6
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 19,452
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,309,900
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,237,279 96.9
: Sows : 63,934 2.8
: Boars : 8,687 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 42,097
: Mature Sheep : 2,097 5.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,000 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 17, 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. : 56,735 34,912 77.0 12,463 13,149 21.5
Tue. : 64,862 34,700 78.2 12,741 13,051 20.2
Wed. : 50,914 34,413 75.8 12,567 12,815 22.6
Thu. : 64,547 34,691 78.5 11,694 13,780 20.2
Fri. : 52,086 31,071 76.2 11,706 12,526 22.2
Sat. : 7,752 3,481 50.1 4,354 5,940 45.9
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Total : 296,896 173,268 76.2 65,525 71,261 22.2
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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