Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 27/10/2007
09/11/2007
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 27, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,574 3,037 419,344 9,872 3,135 0 101
Tuesday 130,140 2,920 423,782 10,691 3,051 0 107
Wednesday 132,552 2,514 421,505 9,659 2,192 0 150
Thursday 127,999 2,140 424,522 10,084 2,022 0 250
Friday 115,679 2,943 416,272 8,697 1,728 0 84
Saturday 37,831 5 208,652 1,490 53 0 2
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Total 672,775 13,559 2,314,077 50,493 12,181 0 694
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%Steers 47.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.8
%Heifers 32.9 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.2
%Cows 18.0 %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 27, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 529.7 Cattle 1,302 790
Steers 855
Heifers 792
Cows 606
Bulls 858
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 284 169
Pork 468.0 Hogs 271 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 307
Boars 219
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 136 68
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 1,003.3 ??
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 27, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 672,775
: Steers : 318,381 47.3
: Heifers : 221,309 32.9
: Dairy Cows : 53,526 8.0
: Other Cows : 67,816 10.1
: Bulls : 11,743 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 13,559
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,314,077
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,237,601 96.7
: Sows : 67,473 2.9
: Boars : 9,003 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 50,493
: Mature Sheep : 2,101 4.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 48,392 95.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 27, 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. : 65,237 38,477 80.7 8,990 13,669 17.6
Tue. : 60,382 43,989 80.2 10,695 12,764 18.0
Wed. : 63,250 43,629 80.6 10,689 12,652 17.6
Thu. : 60,308 42,997 80.7 9,663 12,797 17.5
Fri. : 51,642 40,347 79.5 10,110 11,424 18.6
Sat. : 17,562 11,870 77.8 3,379 4,510 20.9
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Total : 318,381 221,309 80.2 53,526 67,816 18.0
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