SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jul 02, 2009 USDA Market News Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 20, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head Monday 128,956 3,573 414,121 9,300 3,614 0 160 Tuesday 129,620 3,684 416,879 7,158 2,466 0 108 Wednesday 127,671 3,228 405,984 9,435 2,452 0 191 Thursday 127,648 3,175 413,737 9,280 2,729 0 213 Friday 127,746 3,978 402,269 6,956 1,546 0 304 Saturday 31,536 0 18,456 26 40 0 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 673,177 17,638 2,071,446 42,155 12,847 0 1,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 52.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.1 %Heifers 28.9 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 5.9 %Cows 17.2 %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, June 20, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 518.4 Cattle 1,273 773 Steers 832 Heifers 756 Cows 604 Bulls 899 Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 247 148 Pork 418.3 Hogs 271 202 Barrows & Gilts 199 Sows 306 Boars 203 Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 142 71 Mature Sheep 68 Lambs & Yearlings 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Meat Production 942.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle : TOTAL : 673,177 : Steers : 351,105 52.2 : Heifers : 194,457 28.9 : Dairy Cows : 59,494 8.8 : Other Cows : 56,382 8.4 : Bulls : 11,739 1.7 : : Calves : TOTAL : 17,638 : : Hogs : TOTAL : 2,071,446 : Barrows/Gilts : 1,994,533 96.3 : Sows : 68,437 3.3 : Boars : 8,476 0.4 : : Sheep : TOTAL : 42,155 : Mature Sheep : 2,470 5.9 : Lamb/Yearlings : 39,685 94.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 20, 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. : 64,130 40,802 81.4 10,939 11,014 17.0 Tue. : 70,275 34,500 80.8 12,085 10,509 17.4 Wed. : 67,014 36,891 81.4 11,247 10,285 16.9 Thu. : 70,552 33,385 81.4 11,383 10,221 16.9 Fri. : 64,740 38,241 80.6 11,372 11,041 17.5 Sat. : 14,394 10,638 79.4 2,468 3,312 18.3 : Total : 351,105 194,457 81.0 59,494 56,382 17.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO 816-238-0678 e-mail: stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews .