Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 12/01/08
Actual slaughter under federal inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 12, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 112,344 3,148 427,167 8,819 3,407 0 149
Tuesday 129,244 3,459 429,415 8,554 1,954 0 228
Wednesday 120,132 3,267 428,175 9,018 2,109 0 253
Thursday 128,743 3,035 429,731 9,152 2,426 0 210
Friday 122,344 3,529 419,971 6,780 1,511 0 152
Saturday 21,249 0 300,033 1,540 24 0 0
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Total 634,056 16,438 2,434,492 43,863 11,431 0 992
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%Steers 48.0 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 4.6
%Cows 20.7 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.7
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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 12, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 488.0 Cattle 1,297 773
Steers 834
Heifers 770
Cows 622
Bulls 876
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 266 158
Pork 500.8 Hogs 274 206
Barrows & Gilts 203
Sows 307
Boars 221
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 141 70
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 994.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 12, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 634,056
: Steers : 304,261 48.0
: Heifers : 187,820 29.6
: Dairy Cows : 55,973 8.8
: Other Cows : 75,016 11.8
: Bulls : 10,986 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,438
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,434,492
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,356,830 96.8
: Sows : 68,651 2.8
: Boars : 9,011 0.4
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Sheep : TOTAL : 43,863
: Mature Sheep : 2,009 4.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 41,854 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 12, 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. : 53,780 34,222 78.3 8,728 14,037 20.3
Tue. : 63,508 40,423 80.4 10,275 13,207 18.2
Wed. : 54,248 39,346 77.9 10,909 13,712 20.5
Thu. : 64,931 38,690 80.5 9,803 13,140 17.8
Fri. : 62,670 34,901 79.8 10,711 11,972 18.5
Sat. : 5,124 238 25.2 5,547 8,948 68.2
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Total : 304,261 187,820 77.6 55,973 75,016 20.7
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
