Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 16/02/08
29/02/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 16, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 118,543 2,294 428,873 10,293 3,162 0 249
Tuesday 123,023 3,289 428,250 9,105 2,081 0 234
Wednesday 121,711 2,597 426,446 8,383 1,555 0 249
Thursday 124,544 2,850 428,501 9,522 2,506 0 286
Friday 119,312 3,385 415,159 8,838 1,864 0 122
Saturday 16,629 53 93,906 1,523 23 0 0
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Total 623,762 14,468 2,221,135 47,664 11,191 0 1,140
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%Steers 49.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 31.1 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.7
%Cows 18.1 %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, February 16, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 482.6 Cattle 1,287 777
Steers 829
Heifers 773
Cows 629
Bulls 882
Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 271 161
Pork 451.1 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 309
Boars 212
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 144 72
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 939.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 16, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 623,762
: Steers : 307,568 49.3
: Heifers : 193,879 31.1
: Dairy Cows : 51,415 8.2
: Other Cows : 61,223 9.8
: Bulls : 9,677 1.6
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,468
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,221,135
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,148,524 96.7
: Sows : 64,343 2.9
: Boars : 8,268 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 47,664
: Mature Sheep : 2,233 4.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 45,431 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 16, 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. : 54,365 41,644 81.0 8,126 12,384 17.3
Tue. : 61,717 38,446 81.4 9,282 11,660 17.0
Wed. : 59,860 37,968 80.4 10,109 11,889 18.1
Thu. : 63,071 37,937 81.1 9,717 11,935 17.4
Fri. : 60,547 35,854 80.8 10,620 10,631 17.8
Sat. : 8,008 2,030 60.4 3,561 2,724 37.8
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Total : 307,568 193,879 80.4 51,415 61,223 18.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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