Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 22/12/07
04/01/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 22, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 97,285 2,640 428,610 11,750 5,786 0 168
Tuesday 128,101 3,384 433,764 11,187 2,998 0 227
Wednesday 127,122 3,094 432,703 10,911 2,726 0 221
Thursday 125,727 2,679 436,647 10,186 2,735 0 200
Friday 125,324 3,828 430,595 8,928 2,618 0 129
Saturday 54,995 172 307,451 3,561 1,862 0 12
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Total 658,554 15,797 2,469,770 56,523 18,725 0 957
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%Steers 49.9 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.3
%Heifers 30.5 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 6.7
%Cows 18.1 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.5
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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 22, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 510.4 Cattle 1,299 778
Steers 836
Heifers 775
Cows 611
Bulls 870
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 291 175
Pork 501.3 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 308
Boars 214
Lamb & Mutton 3.8 Sheep 134 66
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 1,018.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 22, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 658,554
: Steers : 328,604 49.9
: Heifers : 200,829 30.5
: Dairy Cows : 50,218 7.6
: Other Cows : 68,769 10.4
: Bulls : 10,134 1.5
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,797
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,469,770
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,384,888 96.6
: Sows : 74,465 3.0
: Boars : 10,417 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 56,523
: Mature Sheep : 3,776 6.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 52,747 93.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 22, 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. : 48,486 26,273 76.8 7,308 13,565 21.5
Tue. : 64,066 40,114 81.3 9,431 12,539 17.2
Wed. : 64,423 39,403 81.7 9,922 11,587 16.9
Thu. : 63,961 39,010 81.9 9,192 11,798 16.7
Fri. : 63,012 38,401 80.9 10,400 11,560 17.5
Sat. : 24,656 17,628 76.9 3,965 7,720 21.2
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Total : 328,604 200,829 80.4 50,218 68,769 18.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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