Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for Week Ending 15/03/08
28/03/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 15, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,357 3,236 432,981 11,035 4,122 0 180
Tuesday 125,318 3,873 429,554 11,639 2,804 0 244
Wednesday 125,008 3,346 432,290 10,865 2,205 0 217
Thursday 127,305 2,620 428,713 12,277 2,697 0 149
Friday 112,240 3,882 423,943 11,559 2,144 0 187
Saturday 21,791 0 128,431 6,030 514 0 0
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Total 638,019 16,957 2,275,912 63,405 14,486 0 977
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 96.8
%Heifers 31.7 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 3.2
%Cows 17.8 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.8
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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 15, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 493.4 Cattle 1,283 776
Steers 831
Heifers 764
Cows 632
Bulls 902
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 270 159
Pork 462.7 Hogs 271 204
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 309
Boars 210
Lamb & Mutton 4.5 Sheep 141 70
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 963.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 15, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 638,019
: Steers : 310,251 48.6
: Heifers : 202,555 31.7
: Dairy Cows : 51,611 8.1
: Other Cows : 62,040 9.7
: Bulls : 11,562 1.8
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,957
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,275,912
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,193,950 96.4
: Sows : 73,016 3.2
: Boars : 8,946 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 63,405
: Mature Sheep : 2,059 3.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 61,346 96.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 15, 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. : 63,388 39,566 81.5 8,321 12,868 16.8
Tue. : 59,980 41,269 80.8 10,163 11,767 17.5
Wed. : 60,279 40,990 81.0 10,011 11,478 17.2
Thu. : 62,454 40,450 80.8 9,610 12,436 17.3
Fri. : 55,317 34,157 79.7 10,361 10,454 18.5
Sat. : 8,833 6,123 68.6 3,145 3,037 28.4
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Total : 310,251 202,555 80.4 51,611 62,040 17.8
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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