Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 15/12/07
02/01/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 15, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 129,002 2,612 427,459 10,323 3,389 0 98
Tuesday 130,096 3,247 408,300 10,102 2,948 0 123
Wednesday 120,127 3,579 425,535 9,470 2,166 0 242
Thursday 124,377 2,603 430,085 9,648 2,808 0 148
Friday 125,111 3,355 424,944 9,891 2,311 0 192
Saturday 22,168 0 246,649 1,724 21 0 46
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Total 650,881 15,396 2,362,972 51,158 13,643 0 849
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.6
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 4.4
%Cows 18.6 %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 15, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 508.3 Cattle 1,303 784
Steers 845
Heifers 787
Cows 608
Bulls 865
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 290 175
Pork 482.4 Hogs 273 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 307
Boars 211
Lamb & Mutton 3.5 Sheep 137 68
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 996.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 15, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 650,881
: Steers : 316,379 48.6
: Heifers : 202,828 31.2
: Dairy Cows : 53,540 8.2
: Other Cows : 67,694 10.4
: Bulls : 10,440 1.6
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,396
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,362,972
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,284,273 96.7
: Sows : 69,909 3.0
: Boars : 8,790 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 51,158
: Mature Sheep : 2,234 4.4
: Lamb/Yearlings : 48,924 95.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 15, 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. : 66,615 38,040 81.1 8,021 14,198 17.2
Tue. : 65,596 39,199 80.6 10,338 13,052 18.0
Wed. : 53,934 41,894 79.8 10,308 12,079 18.6
Thu. : 60,223 38,911 79.7 10,164 12,976 18.6
Fri. : 61,113 39,042 80.1 11,194 11,894 18.5
Sat. : 8,898 5,742 66.0 3,515 3,495 31.6
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Total : 316,379 202,828 79.8 53,540 67,694 18.6
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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