Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 05/04/08
18/04/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 5, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,212 3,044 419,572 9,489 2,840 0 225
Tuesday 125,846 3,621 431,249 8,947 2,508 0 266
Wednesday 116,000 3,138 436,452 8,757 1,990 0 262
Thursday 126,073 2,383 431,997 9,118 1,654 0 245
Friday 121,413 3,355 410,224 6,740 1,775 0 89
Saturday 11,665 0 153,884 25 36 0 127
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Total 626,209 15,541 2,283,378 43,076 10,803 0 1,214
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 5.2
%Cows 18.1 %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, April 5, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 480.4 Cattle 1,269 770
Steers 825
Heifers 760
Cows 623
Bulls 892
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 279 165
Pork 463.2 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 306
Boars 199
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 145 73
Mature Sheep 71
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 949.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 5, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 626,209
: Steers : 307,577 49.1
: Heifers : 193,722 30.9
: Dairy Cows : 50,956 8.1
: Other Cows : 62,436 10.0
: Bulls : 11,518 1.8
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,541
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,283,378
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,201,302 96.4
: Sows : 72,191 3.2
: Boars : 9,885 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,076
: Mature Sheep : 2,235 5.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,841 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 5, 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. : 59,978 41,000 80.6 8,677 13,408 17.6
Tue. : 63,078 38,041 80.4 9,969 12,558 17.9
Wed. : 54,593 36,471 78.5 10,361 12,290 19.5
Thu. : 63,934 37,967 80.8 9,931 11,900 17.3
Fri. : 59,656 38,737 81.0 10,367 10,509 17.2
Sat. : 6,338 1,506 67.2 1,651 1,771 29.3
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Total : 307,577 193,722 80.1 50,956 62,436 18.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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