Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 05/01/08
18/01/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 5, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 104,140 2,642 374,940 9,312 3,842 0 47
Tuesday 4 0 280 0 0 0 0
Wednesday 125,679 2,810 425,615 8,793 3,251 0 215
Thursday 128,754 3,629 423,433 9,692 1,673 0 181
Friday 128,024 3,656 422,487 9,220 1,937 0 237
Saturday 45,600 532 348,982 1,918 84 0 40
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Total 532,201 13,269 1,995,737 38,935 10,787 0 720
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%Steers 50.2 %Barrows & Gilts 97.2 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature Sheep 5.3
%Cows 18.5 %Boars 0.4
%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, January 5, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 411.9 Cattle 1,297 777
Steers 832
Heifers 770
Cows 628
Bulls 895
Calves & Veal 2.0 Calves 261 155
Pork 410.0 Hogs 274 206
Barrows & Gilts 203
Sows 304
Boars 201
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 140 70
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 826.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 5, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 532,201
: Steers : 266,985 50.2
: Heifers : 159,575 30.0
: Dairy Cows : 43,122 8.1
: Other Cows : 55,524 10.4
: Bulls : 6,995 1.3
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 13,269
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,995,737
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,940,356 97.2
: Sows : 48,257 2.4
: Boars : 7,124 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 38,935
: Mature Sheep : 2,045 5.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 36,890 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 5, 2008
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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. : 51,066 32,664 80.4 8,132 10,944 18.3
Tue. : 4 0 100.0 0 0 0.0
Wed. : 66,640 35,909 81.6 8,899 12,716 17.2
Thu. : 64,817 39,528 81.0 10,358 12,328 17.6
Fri. : 66,281 38,399 81.8 10,360 11,571 17.1
Sat. : 18,177 13,075 68.5 5,373 7,965 29.3
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Total : 266,985 159,575 80.2 43,122 55,524 18.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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