Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 20/10/07
02/11/2007
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 130,844 2,857 420,083 10,611 3,532 0 167
Tuesday 131,413 3,014 420,760 10,768 2,313 0 128
Wednesday 129,295 2,713 422,244 9,489 2,390 0 192
Thursday 126,071 1,892 424,800 10,626 2,045 0 187
Friday 122,514 2,977 415,207 8,466 1,527 0 176
Saturday 36,811 1 227,397 22 45 0 0
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Total 676,948 13,454 2,330,491 49,982 11,852 0 850
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 31.8 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.6
%Cows 17.9 %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, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 537.2 Cattle 1,307 796
Steers 864
Heifers 794
Cows 607
Bulls 861
Calves & Veal 2.2 Calves 279 167
Pork 469.5 Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 308
Boars 216
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 1,012.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 676,948
: Steers : 328,883 48.6
: Heifers : 215,464 31.8
: Dairy Cows : 56,033 8.3
: Other Cows : 64,817 9.6
: Bulls : 11,751 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 13,454
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,330,491
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,253,983 96.7
: Sows : 67,088 2.9
: Boars : 9,420 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 49,982
: Mature Sheep : 2,280 4.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 47,702 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 20, 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. : 63,567 42,837 81.3 8,551 13,640 17.0
Tue. : 61,754 44,171 80.6 10,452 12,817 17.7
Wed. : 65,063 38,805 80.3 11,087 12,045 17.9
Thu. : 62,748 37,782 79.7 11,706 11,466 18.4
Fri. : 61,108 37,986 80.9 10,371 11,106 17.5
Sat. : 14,643 13,883 77.5 3,866 3,743 20.7
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Total : 328,883 215,464 80.4 56,033 64,817 17.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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