Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 29/12/07
Actual slaughter under federal inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 29, 2007
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 23,880 1,886 139,305 5,470 2,762 0 4
Tuesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wednesday 123,953 2,419 418,922 10,417 3,466 0 142
Thursday 126,841 3,206 419,316 10,486 3,586 0 264
Friday 126,600 4,214 424,914 10,768 3,335 0 230
Saturday 86,594 743 358,723 3,172 698 0 0
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Total 487,868 12,468 1,761,180 40,313 13,847 0 640
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%Steers 50.7 %Barrows & Gilts 97.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.2 %Mature Sheep 5.6
%Cows 16.8 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.3
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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 29, 2007
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 381.1 Cattle 1,303 784
Steers 839
Heifers 774
Cows ?? 624
Bulls 875
Calves & Veal 1.9 Calves 263 158
Pork 358.5 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 292
Boars 223
Lamb & Mutton 2.8 Sheep 137 69
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 744.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 29, 2007
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 487,868
: Steers : 247,351 50.7
: Heifers : 152,203 31.2
: Dairy Cows : 34,876 7.1
: Other Cows : 47,168 9.7
: Bulls : 6,270 1.3
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Calves : TOTAL : 12,468
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,761,180
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,717,411 97.5
: Sows : 38,746 2.2
: Boars : 5,023 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 40,313
: Mature Sheep : 2,272 5.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,041 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 29, 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. : 10,861 6,316 71.9 4,271 1,997 26.2
Tue. : 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Wed. : 61,900 41,452 83.4 7,220 11,956 15.5
Thu. : 68,413 35,165 81.7 8,796 12,756 17.0
Fri. : 64,886 38,225 81.4 9,382 12,334 17.2
Sat. : 41,291 31,045 83.5 5,207 8,125 15.4
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Total : 247,351 152,203 81.9 34,876 47,168 16.8
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
