Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 19/04/08
02/05/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 19, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,552 3,241 433,009 9,219 3,523 0 204
Tuesday 127,845 3,251 430,121 9,676 2,038 0 294
Wednesday 127,857 3,491 435,016 9,019 2,256 0 275
Thursday 127,441 2,513 430,906 10,683 2,297 0 169
Friday 124,415 3,733 414,107 9,759 2,412 0 66
Saturday 44,042 0 176,751 807 220 0 1
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Total 677,152 16,229 2,319,910 49,163 12,746 0 1,009
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%Steers 51.0 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.7
%Heifers 30.3 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 4.3
%Cows 16.9 %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 19, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 515.0 Cattle 1,257 763
Steers 814
Heifers 749
Cows 619
Bulls 896
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 282 168
Pork 468.7 Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 308
Boars 203
Lamb & Mutton 3.5 Sheep 141 70
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 989.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 19, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 677,152
: Steers : 345,314 51.0
: Heifers : 205,323 30.3
: Dairy Cows : 50,811 7.5
: Other Cows : 63,708 9.4
: Bulls : 11,996 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,229
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,319,910
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,236,985 96.4
: Sows : 73,104 3.2
: Boars : 9,821 0.4
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Sheep : TOTAL : 49,163
: Mature Sheep : 2,102 4.3
: Lamb/Yearlings : 47,061 95.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 19, 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. : 61,721 40,548 81.5 8,201 12,742 16.7
Tue. : 65,338 38,115 80.9 9,794 12,216 17.2
Wed. : 62,151 41,038 80.7 9,960 12,393 17.5
Thu. : 67,398 36,350 81.4 9,507 11,831 16.7
Fri. : 61,463 40,316 81.8 9,727 10,834 16.5
Sat. : 27,243 8,956 82.2 3,622 3,692 16.6
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Total : 345,314 205,323 81.3 50,811 63,708 16.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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