Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 09/02/08
22/02/2008
Actual slaughter under federal inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 9, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 118,597 3,253 422,602 9,253 3,015 0 138
Tuesday 126,707 3,374 422,537 9,439 2,354 0 235
Wednesday 118,010 3,070 400,745 9,012 ?? 2,056 0 196
Thursday 126,030 2,297 423,590 9,340 1,961 0 247
Friday 109,818 3,581 422,284 8,720 1,711 0 190
Saturday 17,075 0 103,126 47 27 0 6
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Total 616,237 15,575 2,194,884 45,811 11,124 0 1,012
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%Steers 48.9 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 32.0 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.5
%Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.4
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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 9, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 477.0 Cattle 1,288 777
Steers 828
Heifers 771
Cows 633
Bulls 881
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 288 172
Pork 445.6 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 309
Boars 213
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 144 72
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 928.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 9, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 616,237
: Steers : 301,344 48.9
: Heifers : 197,253 32.0
: Dairy Cows : 49,735 8.1
: Other Cows : 59,044 9.6
: Bulls : 8,861 1.4
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,575
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,194,884
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,124,007 96.8
: Sows : 62,827 2.9
: Boars : 8,050 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 45,811
: Mature Sheep : 2,041 4.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 43,770 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 9, 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. : 57,031 39,859 81.7 7,107 12,793 16.8
Tue. : 63,725 40,009 81.9 9,537 11,797 16.8
Wed. : 56,804 38,536 80.8 9,781 11,193 17.8
Thu. : 64,302 38,549 81.6 9,866 11,588 17.0
Fri. : 49,386 37,365 79.0 11,285 10,019 19.4
Sat. : 10,096 2,935 76.3 2,159 1,654 22.3
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Total : 301,344 197,253 80.9 49,735 59,044 17.7
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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