Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 29/09/07
12/10/2007
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 29, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,545 2,728 420,558 10,092 3,504 0 160
Tuesday 127,403 3,222 419,438 10,930 2,518 0 213
Wednesday 126,963 2,600 416,798 10,586 2,518 0 218
Thursday 123,039 1,994 418,419 9,383 2,142 0 252
Friday 120,729 3,388 413,313 8,965 1,547 0 118
Saturday 29,540 3 131,369 66 49 0 0
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Total 656,219 13,935 2,219,895 50,022 12,278 0 961
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%Steers 52.0 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.8
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 4.2
%Cows 17.1 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.9
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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, September 29, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 518.7 Cattle 1,300 793
Steers 854
Heifers 787
Cows 606
Bulls 860
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 274 163
Pork 444.8 Hogs 268 201
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 305
Boars 210
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 131 66
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 969.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 29, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 656,219
: Steers : 341,416 52.0
: Heifers : 190,256 29.0
: Dairy Cows : 51,949 7.9
: Other Cows : 60,204 9.2
: Bulls : 12,394 1.9
: : ??
Calves : TOTAL : 13,935
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,219,895
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,142,737 96.5
: Sows : 67,547 3.0
: Boars : 9,611 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 50,022
: Mature Sheep : 2,081 4.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 47,941 95.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 29, 2007
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: Number of Head Slaughtered
:-------------------------------------------------------------
Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as
of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of
Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle
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Mon. : 69,129 35,838 81.7 8,810 12,324 16.4
Tue. : 68,483 34,335 80.7 10,224 11,945 17.4
Wed. : 65,634 36,724 80.6 10,058 12,145 17.5
Thu. : 63,000 35,623 80.2 10,145 11,869 17.9
Fri. : 61,043 35,740 80.2 10,507 11,033 17.8
Sat. : 14,127 11,996 88.4 2,205 888 10.5
:
Total : 341,416 190,256 81.0 51,949 60,204 17.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,856 2,684 414,540 10,634 3,294 224 230
Tuesday 130,215 3,438 419,792 11,480 2,941 131 281
Wednesday 118,918 2,483 414,471 10,435 2,537 222 270
Thursday 128,230 2,105 416,570 10,426 2,787 183 198
Friday 118,774 3,039 412,748 7,055 1,463 175 184
Saturday 22,574 0 165,363 1,721 57 0 0
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Total 646,567 13,749 2,243,484 51,751 13,079 935 1,163
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%Steers 50.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 4.5
%Cows 17.3 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.9
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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, September 22, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 509.6 Cattle 1,295 791
Steers 856
Heifers 780
Cows 607
Bulls 880
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 291 174
Pork 447.1 Hogs 267 200
Barrows & Gilts 196
Sows 304
Boars 205
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 131 66
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 962.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 22, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 646,567
: Steers : 327,517 50.7
: Heifers : 195,107 30.2
: Dairy Cows : 49,758 7.7
: Other Cows : 61,885 9.6
: Bulls : 12,300 1.9
: :
Calves :?? TOTAL : 13,749
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,243,484
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,166,323 96.6
: Sows : 67,706 3.0
: Boars : 9,455 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 51,751
: Mature Sheep : 2,332 4.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 49,419 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 22, 2007
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: Number of Head Slaughtered
:-------------------------------------------------------------
Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as
of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of
Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle
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Mon. : 65,297 39,940 82.3 7,791 12,452 15.8
Tue. : 67,460 38,605 81.5 9,818 11,967 16.7
Wed. : 58,685 36,434 80.0 10,005 11,257 17.9
Thu. : 67,163 37,412 81.6 9,126 12,130 16.6
Fri. : 57,612 37,017 79.7 10,617 11,161 18.3
Sat. : 11,300 5,699 75.3 2,401 2,918 23.6
Total : 327,517 195,107 80.8 49,758 61,885 17.3
Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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