Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 12/04/08
25/04/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 12, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,115 3,311 434,935 9,461 3,250 0 174
Tuesday 127,088 3,286 429,361 9,526 2,757 0 244
Wednesday 125,276 3,707 427,529 9,834 1,576 0 256
Thursday 125,063 2,694 425,886 9,975 1,765 0 246
Friday 122,310 3,535 420,093 7,852 2,102 0 102
Saturday 24,558 0 101,974 37 24 0 101
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Total 650,410 16,533 2,239,778 46,685 11,474 0 1,123
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%Steers 51.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 29.5 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 4.8
%Cows 17.5 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.9
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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 12, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 500.3 Cattle 1,270 772
Steers 822
Heifers 760
Cows 633
Bulls 895
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 281 166
Pork 453.2 Hogs 270 203
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 307
Boars 213
Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 145 73
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 959.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 12, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 650,410
: Steers : 332,641 51.1
: Heifers : 191,608 29.5
: Dairy Cows : 51,991 8.0
: Other Cows : 62,052 9.5
: Bulls : 12,118 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,533
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,239,778
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,158,797 96.4
: Sows : 71,851 3.2
: Boars : 9,130 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 46,685
: Mature Sheep : 2,219 4.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 44,466 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 12, 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. : 62,447 38,616 80.1 9,582 13,109 18.0
Tue. : 65,661 36,655 80.5 9,823 12,479 17.5
Wed. : 61,596 39,505 80.7 10,013 11,839 17.4
Thu. : 63,957 36,918 80.7 9,686 11,906 17.3
Fri. : 63,644 35,984 81.5 10,548 10,120 16.9
Sat. : 15,336 3,930 78.5 2,339 2,599 20.1
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Total : 332,641 191,608 80.6 51,991 62,052 17.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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