Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.            

                      Week Ending  Saturday, July 28, 2007                     

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   Day      Cattle    Calves     Hogs      Sheep     Goats    Equine   1/Bison 

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                                           Head                                

Monday      122,356    3,047    391,778    9,318     3,228      234       202  

Tuesday     123,508    3,403    389,902    8,084     2,174       94       205  

Wednesday   125,802    2,048    393,903    8,948     2,461      173       197  

Thursday    126,812    2,316    392,325    9,817     2,358      112       292  

Friday      124,204    2,699    382,031    7,687     1,519      252       192  

Saturday     46,013        0     25,192       47        38        0         0  

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Total       668,695   13,513  1,975,131   43,901    11,778      865     1,088  

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%Steers         53.7      %Barrows & Gilts  96.4      %Lambs & Yearlings  95.4

%Heifers        30.2      %Sows              3.2      %Mature Sheep        4.6

%Cows           14.4      %Boars             0.4                             

%Bulls           1.7                                                         

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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.                      

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              Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight, U.S.             

                      Week Ending  Saturday, July 28, 2007                      

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    Production                  Species and Class  Live Weight   Dressed Weight 

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                    Mil. Lbs.                          Lbs.           Lbs.      

Beef                  521.9     Cattle                1,273           783       

                                Steers                                839       

                                Heifers                               758       

                                Cows                                  609       

                                Bulls                                 911       

Calves & Veal           2.3     Calves                  283           169       

Pork                  390.5     Hogs                    264           198       

                                Barrows & Gilts                       194       

                                Sows                                  308       

                                Boars                                 221       

Lamb & Mutton           3.0     Sheep                   133            67       

                                Mature Sheep                           68       

                                Lambs & Yearlings                      67       

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Total Meat                                                                      

Production            917.6                                                     

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  Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.  

               Week Ending  Saturday, July 28, 2007               

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             :                    :   Number of   :    Percent    

   Species   :       Class        :     Head      :   of Total    

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   Cattle    :   TOTAL            :     668,695                   

             :   Steers           :     359,161         53.7      

             :   Heifers          :     201,804         30.2      

             :   Dairy Cows       :      41,973          6.3      

             :   Other Cows       :      54,564          8.2      

             :   Bulls            :      11,193          1.7      

             :                    :                               

   Calves    :   TOTAL            :      13,513                   

             :                    :                               

   Hogs      :   TOTAL            :   1,975,131                   

             :   Barrows/Gilts    :   1,903,918         96.4      

             :   Sows             :      62,708          3.2      

             :   Boars            :       8,505          0.4      

             :                    :                               

   Sheep     :   TOTAL            :      43,901                   

             :   Mature Sheep     :       2,025          4.6      

             :   Lamb/Yearlings   :      41,876         95.4      

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           Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.          

                  Week Ending  Saturday, July 28, 2007                  

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          :                 Number of Head Slaughtered                  

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    Day   :         :         :  S&H as  :         :         :  D&O as  

    of    :         :         :   % of   :  Dairy  :  Other  :   % of   

   Week   : Steers  : Heifers :  Cattle  :  Cows   :  Cows   :  Cattle  

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   Mon.   :  63,778    38,455     83.6      6,524    11,282      14.6   

   Tue.   :  65,355    37,520     83.3      8,470    10,192      15.1   

   Wed.   :  66,585    36,837     82.2      9,191    10,782      15.9   

   Thu.   :  69,745    35,115     82.7      8,279    11,219      15.4   

   Fri.   :  67,122    35,896     82.9      9,169    10,013      15.4   

   Sat.   :  26,576    17,981     96.8        340     1,076       3.1   

          :                                                             

   Total  : 359,161   201,804     83.9     41,973    54,564      14.4   

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Source:  USDA Market News/NASS  St. Joseph, MO