Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 19/01/08
01/02/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 19, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 128,549 2,823 429,590 9,662 3,204 0 214
Tuesday 127,318 3,380 425,023 9,310 2,267 0 264
Wednesday 122,123 3,021 418,331 8,989 2,405 0 240
Thursday 129,620 2,318 431,527 9,507 1,701 0 208
Friday 123,843 3,374 422,891 7,328 2,003 0 289
Saturday 21,693 1 292,121 1,628 35 0 0
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Total 653,146 14,917 2,419,483 46,424 11,615 0 1,215
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%Steers 46.8 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.8
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.2
%Cows 20.4 %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 19, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 503.2 Cattle 1,293 773
Steers 834
Heifers 775
Cows 621
Bulls 874
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 266 159
Pork 495.3 Hogs 273 205
Barrows & Gilts 202
Sows 308
Boars 216
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 141 70
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 1,004.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 19, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 653,146
: Steers : 305,749 46.8
: Heifers : 202,529 31.0
: Dairy Cows : 57,606 8.8
: Other Cows : 75,947 11.6
: Bulls : 11,315 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 14,917
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,419,483
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,338,754 96.7
: Sows : 70,456 2.9
: Boars : 10,273 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 46,424
: Mature Sheep : 1,964 4.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 44,460 95.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 19, 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. : 59,866 42,778 79.8 9,665 14,400 18.7
Tue. : 59,218 41,553 79.1 10,831 13,600 19.2
Wed. : 58,691 37,270 78.6 10,694 13,448 19.8
Thu. : 63,973 40,048 80.3 10,213 13,236 18.1
Fri. : 57,172 40,549 78.9 10,930 13,178 19.5
Sat. : 6,829 331 33.0 5,273 8,085 61.6
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Total : 305,749 202,529 77.8 57,606 75,947 20.4
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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