Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for Week Ending 22/03/08
04/04/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 22, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 129,303 3,523 433,365 12,412 4,736 0 182
Tuesday 124,101 3,583 430,901 11,208 3,367 0 339
Wednesday 122,144 3,679 432,965 10,099 3,285 0 238
Thursday 127,972 2,507 430,167 10,652 2,579 0 192
Friday 119,453 3,690 407,403 6,282 2,723 0 130
Saturday 20,558 0 167,923 45 22 0 47
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Total 643,531 16,982 2,302,724 50,698 16,712 0 1,128
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%Steers 50.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 30.7 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 4.6
%Cows 17.1 %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 22, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 496.4 Cattle 1,276 774
Steers 826
Heifers 765
Cows 624
Bulls 890
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 267 157
Pork 468.7 Hogs 271 204
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 307
Boars 240
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 971.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 22, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 643,531
: Steers : 325,123 50.5
: Heifers : 197,329 30.7
: Dairy Cows : 50,510 7.8
: Other Cows : 59,703 9.3
: Bulls : 10,866 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,982
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,302,724
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,223,832 96.6
: Sows : 70,087 3.0
: Boars : 8,805 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 50,698
: Mature Sheep : 2,323 4.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 48,375 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 22, 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. : 63,734 42,941 82.5 8,511 12,221 16.0
Tue. : 61,938 37,744 80.3 9,724 12,594 18.0
Wed. : 58,220 39,001 79.6 10,527 12,114 18.5
Thu. : 65,063 37,978 80.5 10,299 12,220 17.6
Fri. : 64,216 33,827 82.1 9,979 9,547 16.3
Sat. : 11,952 5,838 86.5 1,470 1,007 12.0
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Total : 325,123 197,329 81.2 50,510 59,703 17.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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