Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 24/11/07
07/12/2007
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 24, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 130,583 2,788 432,720 10,813 4,261 0 224
Tuesday 130,613 2,944 427,132 10,582 3,099 0 151
Wednesday 131,119 2,858 427,210 10,384 ?? 3,073 0 88
Thursday 284 727 906 68 60 0 0
Friday 126,312 1,680 417,623 9,823 2,790 0 63
Saturday 64,977 0 317,488 1,939 19 0 0
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Total 583,888 10,997 2,023,079 43,609 13,302 0 526
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & Gilts 97.2 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 33.3 %Sows 2.4 %Mature Sheep 4.5
%Cows 17.5 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.5
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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, November 24, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 463.2 Cattle 1,306 796
Steers 858
Heifers 802
Cows 605
Bulls 860
Calves & Veal 1.9 Calves 298 177
Pork 411.8 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 304
Boars 206
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 137 69
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 880.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 24, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 583,888
: Steers : 278,923 47.8
: Heifers : 194,242 33.3
: Dairy Cows : 40,572 6.9
: Other Cows : 61,492 10.5
: Bulls : 8,659 1.5
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Calves : TOTAL : 10,997
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,023,079
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,966,301 97.2
: Sows : 49,135 2.4
: Boars : 7,643 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,609
: Mature Sheep : 1,952 4.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 41,657 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 24, 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. : 62,908 42,568 80.8 8,184 14,938 17.7
Tue. : 61,824 43,075 80.3 9,803 13,912 18.2
Wed. : 62,151 43,983 80.9 9,667 13,163 17.4
Thu. : 44 0 15.5 109 120 80.6
Fri. : 61,286 42,496 82.2 8,798 12,024 16.5
Sat. : 30,710 22,120 81.3 4,011 7,335 17.5
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Total : 278,923 194,242 81.0 40,572 61,492 17.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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