SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Feb 04, 2010 USDA Market News Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head Monday 127,970 3,964 371,651 7,355 1,164 0 185 Tuesday 129,252 4,567 429,621 9,665 3,381 0 129 Wednesday 126,523 3,245 418,943 8,667 2,457 0 239 Thursday 129,270 3,797 405,475 10,140 2,165 0 222 Friday 127,000 4,304 420,622 7,112 1,865 0 316 Saturday 29,734 1 130,715 58 61 0 51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 669,749 19,878 2,177,027 42,997 11,093 0 1,142 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 47.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.8 %Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 6.2 %Cows 20.8 %Boars 0.4 %Bulls 1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, January 23, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 516.4 Cattle 1,293 774 Steers 836 Heifers 785 Cows 607 Bulls 861 Calves & Veal 2.8 Calves 239 142 Pork 443.6 Hogs 273 204 Barrows & Gilts 201 Sows 309 Boars 202 Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 142 71 Mature Sheep 67 Lambs & Yearlings 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Meat Production 965.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle : TOTAL : 669,749 : Steers : 316,362 47.2 : Heifers : 202,267 30.2 : Dairy Cows : 59,492 8.9 : Other Cows : 79,965 11.9 : Bulls : 11,663 1.7 : : Calves : TOTAL : 19,878 : : Hogs : TOTAL : 2,177,027 : Barrows/Gilts : 2,105,504 96.7 : Sows : 63,333 2.9 : Boars : 8,190 0.4 : : Sheep : TOTAL : 42,997 : Mature Sheep : 2,683 6.2 : Lamb/Yearlings : 40,314 93.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head Slaughtered :------------------------------------------------------------- Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mon. : 61,951 39,644 79.4 8,983 15,157 18.9 Tue. : 62,880 38,142 78.2 10,898 15,316 20.3 Wed. : 60,757 37,599 77.7 11,946 14,157 20.6 Thu. : 62,252 39,057 78.4 11,516 14,235 19.9 Fri. : 57,124 42,944 78.8 11,222 13,597 19.5 Sat. : 11,398 4,881 54.7 4,927 7,503 41.8 : Total : 316,362 202,267 77.4 59,492 79,965 20.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO 816-238-0678 e-mail: stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews .