Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 10/05/08
23/05/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 10, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,226 3,238 404,854 9,657 3,480 0 215
Tuesday 129,949 3,451 412,267 8,584 2,499 0 248
Wednesday 128,189 3,619 420,436 9,843 2,223 0 123
Thursday 128,951 2,478 414,180 9,385 2,368 0 197
Friday 127,925 3,537 404,293 8,327 1,941 0 140
Saturday 70,171 1 31,181 1,279 21 0 55
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Total 710,411 16,324 2,087,211 47,075 12,532 0 978
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%Steers 52.4 %Barrows & Gilts 96.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 5.1
%Cows 16.7 %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, May 10, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 538.0 Cattle 1,249 760
Steers 810
Heifers 745
Cows 609
Bulls 902
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 269 160
Pork 418.5 Hogs 268 201
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 311
Boars 205
Lamb & Mutton 3.5 Sheep 151 76
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 76
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Total Meat
Production 962.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 10, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 710,411
: Steers : 372,593 52.4
: Heifers : 207,076 29.1
: Dairy Cows : 46,292 6.5
: Other Cows : 72,228 10.2
: Bulls : 12,222 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,324
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,087,211
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,009,288 96.3
: Sows : 69,293 3.3
: Boars : 8,630 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 47,075
: Mature Sheep : 2,412 5.1
: Lamb/Yearlings : 44,663 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 10, 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. : 63,129 38,278 81.0 7,306 14,179 17.2
Tue. : 72,025 33,228 81.0 9,418 12,896 17.2
Wed. : 65,993 38,743 81.7 8,100 13,205 16.6
Thu. : 66,954 37,932 81.3 8,554 13,187 16.9
Fri. : 67,634 36,879 81.7 9,046 12,350 16.7
Sat. : 36,858 22,016 83.9 3,868 6,411 14.6
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Total : 372,593 207,076 81.6 46,292 72,228 16.7
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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