Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for Week Ending 29/03/08
11/04/2008
St. Joseph, MO Thu Apr 10, 2008 USDA Market News
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 29, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 112,982 3,341 310,531 8,682 4,074 0 163
Tuesday 126,580 3,429 432,182 8,725 2,493 0 421
Wednesday 121,672 3,213 427,595 8,817 1,829 0 193
Thursday 126,237 2,884 428,581 8,395 2,489 0 327
Friday 114,663 3,737 421,833 5,908 1,763 0 184
Saturday 15,305 0 242,086 27 23 0 53
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Total 617,439 16,604 2,262,808 40,554 12,671 0 1,341
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%Steers 50.0 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 5.7
%Cows 17.4 %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 29, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 476.5 Cattle 1,276 775
Steers 826
Heifers 766
Cows 627
Bulls 900
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 279 165
Pork 460.4 Hogs 271 204
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 307
Boars 225
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 145 72
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 942.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 29, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 617,439
: Steers : 308,437 50.0
: Heifers : 190,538 30.9
: Dairy Cows : 48,739 7.9
: Other Cows : 58,670 9.5
: Bulls : 11,055 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,604
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,262,808
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,180,966 96.4
: Sows : 71,755 3.2
: Boars : 10,087 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,554
: Mature Sheep : 2,302 5.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,252 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 29, 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. : 53,870 36,036 79.6 8,002 12,873 18.5
Tue. : 65,521 37,256 81.2 9,730 11,662 16.9
Wed. : 58,626 39,646 80.8 10,513 10,915 17.6
Thu. : 62,843 39,475 81.1 9,586 12,087 17.2
Fri. : 57,188 35,086 80.5 9,834 10,427 17.7
Sat. : 10,389 3,039 87.7 1,074 706 11.6
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Total : 308,437 190,538 80.8 48,739 58,670 17.4
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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