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

                      Week Ending  Saturday, August 4, 2007                     

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   Day      Cattle    Calves     Hogs      Sheep     Goats    Equine   1/Bison 

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                                           Head                                

Monday      123,285    3,140    390,848    10,076    3,139      207       194  

Tuesday     123,946    3,014    391,102    9,691     2,250       46       193  

Wednesday   122,816    2,617    391,945    9,509     2,133      236       219  

Thursday    124,989    2,331    395,135    9,640     2,425      131       242  

Friday      123,197    3,480    390,613    6,185     1,430      193       152  

Saturday    50,195       235     13,758       41        35        0         0  

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Total       668,428   14,817  1,973,401   45,142    11,412      813     1,000  

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%Steers         54.5      %Barrows & Gilts  96.8      %Lambs & Yearlings  95.1

%Heifers        29.4      %Sows              2.8      %Mature Sheep        4.9

%Cows           14.5      %Boars             0.4                             

%Bulls           1.6                                                         

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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, August 4, 2007                      

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    Production                  Species and Class  Live Weight   Dressed Weight 

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                    Mil. Lbs.                          Lbs.           Lbs.      

Beef                  524.2     Cattle                1,279           787       

                                Steers                                842       

                                Heifers                               765       

                                Cows                                  609       

                                Bulls                                 897       

Calves & Veal           2.4     Calves                  274           163       

Pork                  388.9     Hogs                    263           197       

                                Barrows & Gilts                       194       

                                Sows                                  304       

                                Boars                                 213       

Lamb & Mutton           3.0     Sheep                   131            66       

                                Mature Sheep                           66       

                                Lambs & Yearlings                      66       

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Total Meat                                                                      

Production            918.5                                                     

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

               Week Ending  Saturday, August 4, 2007               

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             :                    :   Number of   :    Percent    

   Species   :       Class        :     Head      :   of Total    

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   Cattle    :   TOTAL            :     668,428                   

             :   Steers           :     364,385         54.5      

             :   Heifers          :     196,417         29.4      

             :   Dairy Cows       :      44,211          6.6      

             :   Other Cows       :      52,659          7.9      

             :   Bulls            :      10,756          1.6      

             :                    :                               

   Calves    :   TOTAL            :      14,817                   

             :                    :                               

   Hogs      :   TOTAL            :   1,973,401                   

             :   Barrows/Gilts    :   1,910,772         96.8      

             :   Sows             :      54,336          2.8      

             :   Boars            :       8,293          0.4      

             :                    :                               

   Sheep     :   TOTAL            :      45,142                   

             :   Mature Sheep     :       2,195          4.9      

             :   Lamb/Yearlings   :      42,947         95.1      

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           Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.          

                  Week Ending  Saturday, August 4, 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.   :  66,299    36,858     83.7      6,632    11,488      14.7   

   Tue.   :  68,278    34,938     83.3      9,203     9,542      15.1   

   Wed.   :  68,316    33,563     83.0      8,847     9,992      15.3   

   Thu.   :  68,783    34,124     82.3      8,790    10,910      15.8   

   Fri.   :  63,619    39,091     83.4      8,913     9,527      15.0   

   Sat.   :  29,090    17,843     93.5      1,826     1,200       6.0   

          :                                                             

   Total  : 364,385   196,417     83.9     44,211    52,659      14.5   

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