Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for w/e 01/12/07
14/12/2007
SJ_LS711
St. Joseph, MO Thu Dec 13, 2007 USDA Market News
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 1, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 123,144 2,624 442,038 10,879 3,323 0 257
Tuesday 124,521 2,416 424,302 10,736 2,435 0 186
Wednesday 129,339 2,845 427,508 10,057 2,217 0 181
Thursday 129,255 2,397 430,971 10,749 2,305 0 243
Friday 130,578 3,605 426,815 9,692 1,414 0 198
Saturday 31,132 1 229,388 2,549 22 0 50
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Total 667,969 13,888 2,381,022 54,662 11,716 0 1,115
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%Steers 47.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.9
%Heifers 32.9 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 4.1
%Cows 18.4 %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, December 1, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 528.1 Cattle 1,309 794
Steers 857
Heifers 800
Cows 611
Bulls 877
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 282 169
Pork 487.8 Hogs 274 205
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 308
Boars 218
Lamb & Mutton 3.8 Sheep 140 70
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 1,022.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 1, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 667,969
: Steers : 314,672 47.1
: Heifers : 219,452 32.9
: Dairy Cows : 51,433 7.7
: Other Cows : 71,670 10.7
: Bulls : 10,742 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 13,888
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,381,022
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,297,245 96.5
: Sows : 74,026 3.1
: Boars : 9,751 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 54,662
: Mature Sheep : 2,258 4.1
: Lamb/Yearlings : 52,404 95.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 1, 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. : 61,457 39,594 82.1 6,236 14,016 16.4
Tue. : 58,595 41,298 80.2 9,438 13,372 18.3
Wed. : 58,563 45,501 80.5 10,412 12,710 17.9
Thu. : 61,706 42,640 80.7 10,285 12,488 17.6
Fri. : 61,289 44,920 81.3 10,599 11,948 17.3
Sat. : 13,062 5,499 59.6 4,463 7,136 37.3
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Total : 314,672 219,452 80.0 51,433 71,670 18.4
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
816-238-0678 e-mail: stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls711.txt
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