Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 10/11/07
26/11/2007
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 10, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 121,972 2,654 421,385 10,680 3,325 0 62
Tuesday 132,896 3,242 424,376 11,005 2,758 0 150
Wednesday 126,358 2,912 425,925 9,517 2,270 0 185
Thursday 130,537 1,997 422,569 10,699 2,441 0 269
Friday 102,517 3,090 422,256 9,317 2,370 0 203
Saturday 28,967 1 243,939 1,026 48 0 60
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Total 643,247 13,896 2,360,450 52,244 13,212 0 929
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.5
%Cows 20.0 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.8
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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 10, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 507.0 Cattle 1,306 791
Steers 860
Heifers 800
Cows 600
Bulls 862
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 297 178
Pork 479.9 Hogs 273 204
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 310
Boars 219
Lamb & Mutton 3.6 Sheep 138 69
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 993.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 10, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 643,247
: Steers : 312,881 48.6
: Heifers : 190,206 29.6
: Dairy Cows : 51,949 8.1
: Other Cows : 76,421 11.9
: Bulls : 11,790 1.8
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 13,896
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,360,450
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,282,500 96.7
: Sows : 68,182 2.9
: Boars : 9,768 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 52,244
: Mature Sheep : 2,345 4.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 49,899 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 10, 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. : 62,888 34,870 80.1 8,359 13,711 18.1
Tue. : 64,982 41,969 80.5 9,818 13,838 17.8
Wed. : 63,054 37,537 79.6 9,883 13,655 18.6
Thu. : 65,348 39,026 80.0 10,502 13,547 18.4
Fri. : 44,716 31,741 74.6 9,941 14,002 23.4
Sat. : 11,893 5,063 58.5 3,446 7,668 38.4
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Total : 312,881 190,206 78.2 51,949 76,421 20.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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