Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 26/01/08
08/02/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,799 2,629 373,436 7,820 1,306 0 116
Tuesday 125,552 3,503 424,702 9,598 3,209 0 196
Wednesday 116,519 3,619 417,628 8,475 2,413 0 254
Thursday 124,997 2,689 412,227 9,326 1,770 0 310
Friday 125,163 3,589 416,667 8,981 1,795 0 162
Saturday 18,675 0 252,431 1,603 20 0 0
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Total 635,705 16,029 2,297,091 45,803 10,513 0 1,038
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%Steers 49.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 96.2
%Heifers 31.1 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 3.8
%Cows 18.0 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.6
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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 26, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 491.9 Cattle 1,290 777
Steers 829
Heifers 776
Cows 622
Bulls 877
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 269 160
Pork 468.3 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 303
Boars 208
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 142 71
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 966.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 635,705
: Steers : 313,338 49.3
: Heifers : 197,898 31.1
: Dairy Cows : 50,529 7.9
: Other Cows : 64,071 10.1
: Bulls : 9,869 1.6
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,029
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,297,091
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,219,073 96.6
: Sows : 67,693 2.9
: Boars : 10,325 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 45,803
: Mature Sheep : 1,723 3.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 44,080 96.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 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. : 65,933 35,679 81.4 8,042 13,343 17.1
Tue. : 62,288 40,127 81.6 8,705 12,405 16.8
Wed. : 56,422 36,145 79.4 10,096 12,097 19.0
Thu. : 58,989 41,716 80.6 9,874 12,489 17.9
Fri. : 61,349 40,324 81.2 10,743 10,749 17.2
Sat. : 8,357 3,907 65.7 3,069 2,988 32.4
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Total : 313,338 197,898 80.4 50,529 64,071 18.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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