Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 02/02/08
15/02/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 2, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 121,313 3,215 429,653 8,726 2,889 0 175
Tuesday 129,535 3,284 418,225 9,296 1,804 0 274
Wednesday 123,403 3,040 426,359 7,802 1,719 0 236
Thursday 120,063 2,856?? 427,655 10,013 2,198 0 175
Friday 109,612 3,548 411,848 8,757 1,692 0 220
Saturday 8,008 321 159,288 1,633 21 0 0
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Total 611,934 16,264 2,273,028 46,227 10,323 0 1,080
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%Steers 50.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.8
%Heifers 29.9 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.2
%Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.5
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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, February 2, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 474.1 Cattle 1,293 778
Steers 829
Heifers 775
Cows 631
Bulls 877
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 268 159
Pork 460.9 Hogs 270 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 307
Boars 212
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 143 71
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 940.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 2, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 611,934
: Steers : 307,053 50.2
: Heifers : 183,079 29.9
: Dairy Cows : 48,780 8.0
: Other Cows : 63,735 10.4
: Bulls : 9,287 1.5
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,264
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,273,028
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,198,244 96.7
: Sows : 64,978 2.9
: Boars : 9,806 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 46,227
: Mature Sheep : 1,949 4.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 44,278 95.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 2, 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. : 59,612 39,044 81.3 7,865 12,891 17.1
Tue. : 65,459 40,227 81.6 10,077 12,082 17.1
Wed. : 63,193 36,173 80.5 9,938 12,214 18.0
Thu. : 62,779 34,520 81.0 8,669 12,365 17.5
Fri. : 54,850 32,237 79.5 9,937 10,784 18.9
Sat. : 1,160 878 25.4 2,294 3,399 71.1
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Total : 307,053 183,079 80.1 48,780 63,735 18.4
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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