Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 07/21/07
06/08/2007
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 21, 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head Monday 127,377 2,901 371,538 9,016 2,925 0 173 Tuesday 125,963 2,950 393,389 8,673 2,612 0 214 Wednesday 125,227 2,427 397,151 8,415 2,198 0 242 Thursday 127,177 2,511 397,980 9,411 2,716 0 187 Friday 124,288 3,323 389,475 7,683 1,585 0 118 Saturday 51,859 0 8,770 46 36 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 681,891 14,112 1,958,303 43,244 12,072 0 934 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------%Steers 54.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.2 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.3%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 4.7%Cows 15.3 %Boars 0.5 %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, July 21, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 531.0 Cattle 1,273 781 Steers 837 Heifers 757 Cows 613 Bulls 889 Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 294 175 Pork 387.8 Hogs 265 198 Barrows & Gilts 194 Sows 309 Boars 222 Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 132 66 Mature Sheep 67 Lambs & Yearlings 66 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Meat Production 924.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class , U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 21, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle : TOTAL : 681,891 : Steers : 369,268 54.2 : Heifers : 197,434 29.0 : Dairy Cows : 45,094 6.6 : Other Cows : 58,966 8.6 : Bulls : 11,129 1.6 : : Calves : TOTAL : 14,112 : : Hogs : TOTAL : 1,958,303 : Barrows/Gilts : 1,884,565 96.2 : Sows : 64,504 3.3 : Boars : 9,234 0.5 : : Sheep : TOTAL : 43,244 : Mature Sheep : 2,026 4.7 : Lamb/Yearlings : 41,218 95.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class , U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 21, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head Slaughtered :------------------------------------------------------------- Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mon. : 70,778 33,884 82.2 7,782 12,497 15.9 Tue. : 68,966 33,284 81.2 8,921 12,661 17.1 Wed. : 67,173 36,462 82.8 8,808 10,563 15.5 Thu. : 65,519 39,319 82.4 8,749 11,259 15.7 Fri. : 67,074 36,016 82.9 8,594 10,752 15.6 Sat. : 29,758 18,469 93.0 2,240 1,234 6.7 : Total : 369,268 197,434 83.1 45,094 58,966 15.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph , MO
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