Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for Week Ending 01/03/08
14/03/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 1, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,957 3,466 412,604 10,210 3,111 0 232
Tuesday 126,945 3,513 423,591 9,167 2,324 0 315
Wednesday 121,370 3,065 418,809 9,784 1,676 0 285
Thursday 125,499 2,496 427,961 11,177 2,013 0 289
Friday 118,005 3,680 420,326 9,165 1,309 0 260
Saturday 15,348 0 87,826 1,631 21 0 0
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Total 632,124 16,220 2,191,117 51,134 10,454 0 1,381
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%Steers 49.8 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 96.2
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 3.8
%Cows 17.6 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.7
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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, March 1, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 489.2 Cattle 1,286 777
Steers 826
Heifers 772
Cows 632
Bulls 890
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 271 161
Pork 445.3 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 309
Boars 211
Lamb & Mutton 3.7 Sheep 144 72
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 940.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 1, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 632,124
: Steers : 314,965 49.8
: Heifers : 195,106 30.9
: Dairy Cows : 52,268 8.3
: Other Cows : 59,178 9.4
: Bulls : 10,607 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,220
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,191,117
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,113,206 96.4
: Sows : 68,885 3.1
: Boars : 9,026 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 51,134
: Mature Sheep : 1,943 3.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 49,191 96.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 1, 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. : 61,010 40,901 81.6 8,004 12,963 16.8
Tue. : 63,318 39,235 80.8 10,023 12,311 17.6
Wed. : 58,322 39,905 80.9 10,656 10,495 17.4
Thu. : 66,899 34,991 81.2 10,516 10,731 16.9
Fri. : 56,776 37,060 79.5 10,695 11,464 18.8
Sat. : 8,640 3,014 75.9 2,374 1,214 23.4
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Total : 314,965 195,106 80.7 52,268 59,178 17.6
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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