Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for w/e 06/10/07
19/10/2007
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 129,625 2,946 421,306 10,048 3,384 0 128
Tuesday 129,259 3,222 421,144 10,262 2,769 0 146
Wednesday 126,067 2,686 415,546 10,562 2,385 0 138
Thursday 126,930 2,480 419,223 9,072 2,586 0 117
Friday 127,473 3,011 414,261 8,536 2,677 0 223
Saturday 31,836 0 218,721 1,222 100 0 0
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Total 671,190 14,345 2,310,201 49,702 13,901 0 752
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%Steers 49.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 31.4 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 5.5
%Cows 17.2 %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, October 6, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 530.4 Cattle 1,300 793
Steers 856
Heifers 788
Cows 610
Bulls 866
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 275 165
Pork 464.4 Hogs 269 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 304
Boars 215
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 132 66
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 1,000.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 671,190
: Steers : 332,009 49.5
: Heifers : 210,874 31.4
: Dairy Cows : 53,375 8.0
: Other Cows : 62,267 9.3
: Bulls : 12,665 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,345
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,310,201
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,233,387 96.7
: Sows : 68,274 3.0
: Boars : 8,540 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 49,702
: Mature Sheep : 2,723 5.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 46,979 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 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. : 63,605 42,094 81.5 8,423 12,992 16.5
Tue. : 65,847 39,129 81.2 10,444 11,321 16.8
Wed. : 59,651 42,563 81.1 10,545 11,064 17.1
Thu. : 66,026 36,690 80.9 9,826 11,977 17.2
Fri. : 63,167 40,168 81.1 10,647 11,112 17.1
Sat. : 13,713 10,230 75.2 3,490 3,801 22.9
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Total : 332,009 210,874 80.9 53,375 62,267 17.2
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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