Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for Week Ending 23/02/08
07/03/2008
St. Joseph, MO Fri Mar 07, 2008 USDA Market News
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 107,530 3,278 371,356 7,527 1,514 0 274
Tuesday 125,593 3,843 422,177 10,953 2,562 0 162
Wednesday 115,979 3,464 423,743 8,309 2,285 0 187
Thursday 125,847 3,040 425,636 10,774 2,296 0 324
Friday 120,994 3,494 420,585 9,276 1,643 0 187
Saturday 25,303 14 141,860 1,233 29 0 0
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Total 621,246 17,133 2,205,357 48,072 10,329 0 1,134
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.8
%Heifers 32.3 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.2
%Cows 17.5 %Boars 0.3
%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 23, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 480.0 Cattle 1,284 775
Steers 825
Heifers 772
Cows 631
Bulls 889
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 269 159
Pork 448.3 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 308
Boars 217
Lamb & Mutton 3.5 Sheep 145 72
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 934.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 621,246
: Steers : 302,569 48.7
: Heifers : 200,817 32.3
: Dairy Cows : 50,553 8.1
: Other Cows : 58,148 9.4
: Bulls : 9,159 1.5
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,133
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,205,357
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,135,039 96.8
: Sows : 63,029 2.9
: Boars : 7,289 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 48,072
: Mature Sheep : 2,043 4.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 46,029 95.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 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. : 51,979 34,473 80.4 6,790 12,542 18.0
Tue. : 62,590 40,088 81.8 9,698 11,497 16.9
Wed. : 51,993 40,566 79.8 10,658 10,892 18.6
Thu. : 62,693 39,244 81.0 10,302 11,649 17.4
Fri. : 58,086 39,613 80.7 10,875 10,646 17.8
Sat. : 15,228 6,833 87.2 2,230 922 12.5
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Total : 302,569 200,817 81.0 50,553 58,148 17.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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