Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 08/09/2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 2,737 514 3,384 466 881 0 0
Tuesday 129,633 3,578 418,008 10,190 3,332 220 272
Wednesday 129,444 2,940 416,676 10,460 2,928 184 269
Thursday 127,933 2,677 415,930 10,851 3,367 168 267
Friday 129,189 2,810 403,945 9,027 2,236 218 172
Saturday 86,921 36 273,997 690 146 0 0
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Total 605,857 12,555 1,931,940 41,684 12,890 790 980
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%Steers 53.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 5.3
%Cows 14.8 %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, US
Week Ending Saturday, September 8, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 478.0 Cattle 1,285 791
Steers 849
Heifers 776
Cows 602
Bulls 881
Calves & Veal 2.0 Calves 274 163
Pork 383.7 Hogs 265 199
Barrows & Gilts 196
Sows 307
Boars 210
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 130 65
Mature Sheep 71
Lambs & Yearlings 65
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Total Meat
Production 866.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 8, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 605,857
: Steers : 321,822 53.1
: Heifers : 184,249 30.4
: Dairy Cows : 43,232 7.1
: Other Cows : 46,523 7.7
: Bulls : 10,031 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 12,555
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,931,940
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,869,100 96.7
: Sows : 55,384 2.9
: Boars : 7,456 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,684
: Mature Sheep : 2,196 5.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,488 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 8, 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. : 792 314 40.4 644 788 52.3
Tue. : 69,437 36,632 81.8 8,551 12,477 16.2
Wed. : 67,334 38,652 81.9 10,166 11,026 16.4
Thu. : 66,446 38,913 82.4 10,117 10,152 15.8
Fri. : 68,120 37,899 82.1 10,354 10,369 16.0
Sat. : 49,693 31,839 93.8 3,400 1,711 5.9
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Total : 321,822 184,249 83.5 43,232 46,523 14.8
