Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 21.02.09
06/03/2009
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 21, 2009
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Head
Monday 111,615 3,378 407,055 5,856 1,562 0 149
Tuesday 125,012 4,549 429,716 9,042 3,319 0 274
Wednesday 121,078 3,345 427,632 7,851 1,900 0 158
Thursday 127,643 3,233 431,563 9,858 2,213 0 243
Friday 116,615 3,863 419,419 7,264 1,846 0 104
Saturday 13,730 0 99,655 31 25 0 43
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 615,693 18,368 2,215,040 39,902 10,865 0 971
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%Steers 49.0 %Barrows & Gilts 97.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.7 %Mature Sheep 5.3
%Cows 19.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 21, 2009
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 486.5 Cattle 1,317 793
Steers 854
Heifers 799
Cows 625
Bulls 872
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 248 146
Pork 452.1 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 298
Boars 201
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 143 72
Mature Sheep 71
Lambs & Yearlings 72
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Meat
Production 944.2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 21, 2009
------------------------------------------------------------------
: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle : TOTAL : 615,693
: Steers : 301,833 49.0
: Heifers : 183,014 29.7
: Dairy Cows : 59,491 9.7
: Other Cows : 61,400 10.0
: Bulls : 9,955 1.6
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 18,368
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,215,040
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,148,122 97.0
: Sows : 59,345 2.7
: Boars : 7,573 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 39,902
: Mature Sheep : 2,103 5.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 37,799 94.7
------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 21, 2009
------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Head Slaughtered
:-------------------------------------------------------------
Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as
of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of
Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mon. : 54,059 32,484 77.5 10,248 13,158 21.0
Tue. : 61,188 38,329 79.6 11,773 11,702 18.8
Wed. : 59,471 36,585 79.3 11,722 11,380 19.1
Thu. : 61,770 39,645 79.5 11,333 12,802 18.9
Fri. : 60,419 31,698 79.0 12,358 10,228 19.4
Sat. : 4,926 4,273 67.0 2,057 2,130 30.5
:
Total : 301,833 183,014 78.7 59,491 61,400 19.6
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
Share this story:
