Overall slaughter decreases

11 January 2010



Federally Inspected Slaughter in the four week period ended October 31, 2009, amounted to an average weekly kill of 640,750 (651,250 in our previous report). Last year the average for the month was 639,250.


Overall, slaughter was down 4.3% on last year. Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter at feedlots with a capacity of 1,000/plus head totalled 10.5 million head on October 1. The inventory was 1% above the previous year and included 6.42 million steers.
Export sales of raw hides  
during the period under review showed China once more in their regular top position but with markedly fewer hides. China purchased 775,100 (713,300 in an earlier report and 1,074,300 previously). With Hong Kong in fifth place taking 55,500 (16,900), the region accounted for a combined total of 830,600 (730,200).
Korea was again in second place with 375,700 (266,400) followed by Taiwan with 125,300 (66,200). Next came Mexico with 62,900 (74,500).  
In sixth place Vietnam came in for 36,700 (70,500); Japan 28,100 (12,900); Italy 26,500 (52,500); Canada 24,800 (14,400); Thailand  19,700 (14,800);  and Brazil 6,000.
India purchased 4,500 (10,900); Tunisia 3,000; Egypt 900; and Croatia 800.
During this period Hong Kong took 2,800 kip; China 1,900 calf and Mexico 1,400 kip.
Sales of wet-blue for export during the period under review showed China back in first place with 214,400 (69,600 previously and 214,000 the period before that).
Italy took second slot with 160,000 (52,500); then Mexico with 69,800 (135,900); Taiwan 57,600 (53,800); Vietnam 48,000 (25,700); the Dominican Republic 16,000 (16,100); Korea 14,300 (18,000); Indonesia 3,600; and Japan 1,400 (9,100).



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