Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for Week Ending 08/03/08
20/03/2008
St. Joseph, MO Thu Mar 20, 2008 USDA Market News
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 8, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,894 3,242 430,399 10,379 3,624 0 136
Tuesday 127,775 3,423 423,095 10,291 2,377 0 274
Wednesday 124,547 3,427 429,654 11,342 2,103 0 247
Thursday 129,303 2,855 431,320 11,403 2,316 0 305
Friday 113,958 3,450 418,831 9,903 1,753 0 141
Saturday 25,583 1 97,984 247 80 0 87
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Total 647,060 16,398 2,231,283 53,565 12,253 0 1,190
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 31.6 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 4.5
%Cows 17.9 %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 8, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 500.0 Cattle 1,281 776
Steers 830
Heifers 771
Cows 623
Bulls 891
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 259 153
Pork 453.5 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 307
Boars 204
Lamb & Mutton 3.9 Sheep 144 72
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 959.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 8, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 647,060
: Steers : 315,285 48.7
: Heifers : 204,556 31.6
: Dairy Cows : 53,083 8.2
: Other Cows : 63,060 9.7
: Bulls : 11,076 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,398
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,231,283
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,152,681 96.5
: Sows : 69,210 3.1
: Boars : 9,392 0.4
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Sheep : TOTAL : 53,565
: Mature Sheep : 2,422 4.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 51,143 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 8, 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. : 62,949 39,340 81.3 8,528 12,984 17.1
Tue. : 59,238 43,433 80.4 10,186 12,672 17.9
Wed. : 59,749 39,503 79.7 10,801 12,414 18.6
Thu. : 64,097 40,595 81.0 10,630 11,766 17.3
Fri. : 54,921 36,212 80.0 10,633 10,208 18.3
Sat. : 14,331 5,473 77.4 2,305 3,016 20.8
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Total : 315,285 204,556 80.3 53,083 63,060 17.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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