SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Nov 19, 2009 USDA Market News **The next publish date of this report will be Friday, November 27, 2009 due to federal holiday.** Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head Monday 121,015 4,041 428,778 9,850 3,337 0 91 Tuesday 125,551 4,092 435,330 9,475 2,369 0 147 Wednesday 123,901 3,653 433,401 9,919 1,917 0 270 Thursday 124,084 3,680 432,599 10,818 2,640 0 282 Friday 119,482 3,911 422,667 8,387 1,806 0 410 Saturday 20,992 306 145,765 1,543 29 0 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 635,025 19,683 2,298,540 49,992 12,098 0 1,202 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 45.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 90.8 %Heifers 31.6 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 9.2 %Cows 21.3 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 7, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 490.8 Cattle 1,299 775 Steers 847 Heifers 786 Cows 598 Bulls 855 Calves & Veal 2.9 Calves 249 149 Pork 467.6 Hogs 273 204 Barrows & Gilts 201 Sows 308 Boars 205 Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 136 68 Mature Sheep 60 Lambs & Yearlings 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Meat Production 964.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle : TOTAL : 635,025 : Steers : 287,350 45.3 : Heifers : 200,427 31.6 : Dairy Cows : 52,746 8.3 : Other Cows : 82,354 13.0 : Bulls : 12,148 1.9 : : Calves : TOTAL : 19,683 : : Hogs : TOTAL : 2,298,540 : Barrows/Gilts : 2,225,029 96.8 : Sows : 66,650 2.9 : Boars : 6,861 0.3 : : Sheep : TOTAL : 49,992 : Mature Sheep : 4,607 9.2 : Lamb/Yearlings : 45,385 90.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 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. : 56,495 38,212 78.3 8,069 16,077 20.0 Tue. : 56,557 41,749 78.3 10,281 14,731 19.9 Wed. : 55,444 40,428 77.4 10,706 15,149 20.9 Thu. : 54,941 41,223 77.5 10,600 14,912 20.6 Fri. : 55,996 35,918 76.9 11,001 14,235 21.1 Sat. : 7,917 2,897 51.5 2,089 7,250 44.5 : Total : 287,350 200,427 76.8 52,746 82,354 21.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO 816-238-0678 e-mail: stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews .