Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 31/05/08
13/06/2008
St. Joseph, MO Thu Jun 12, 2008 USDA Market News
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 31, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 4,186 567 2,248 317 236 0 0
Tuesday 128,010 4,153 417,732 10,777 3,163 0 189
Wednesday 127,870 3,342 429,854 9,348 2,697 0 274
Thursday 126,854 3,029 431,744 10,375 2,629 0 225
Friday 128,949 3,785 428,315 8,462 1,946 0 157
Saturday 107,260 0 115,396 889 62 0 110
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Total 623,129 14,876 1,825,289 40,168 10,733 0 955
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%Steers 53.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 5.7
%Cows 16.5 %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 31, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 474.6 Cattle 1,256 764
Steers 818
Heifers 744
Cows 606
Bulls 904
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 276 164
Pork 366.5 Hogs 269 201
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 310
Boars 206
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 146 73
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 846.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 31, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 623,129
: Steers : 334,150 53.6
: Heifers : 175,556 28.2
: Dairy Cows : 38,754 6.2
: Other Cows : 64,005 10.3
: Bulls : 10,664 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 14,876
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,825,289
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,758,336 96.3
: Sows : 59,338 3.3
: Boars : 7,615 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,168
: Mature Sheep : 2,300 5.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 37,868 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 31, 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. : 1,052 277 31.7 830 1,653 59.3
Tue. : 68,265 35,536 81.1 7,384 14,567 17.1
Wed. : 65,564 37,459 80.6 9,157 13,558 17.8
Thu. : 70,476 32,572 81.2 8,292 13,199 16.9
Fri. : 68,802 35,950 81.2 9,063 12,748 16.9
Sat. : 59,991 33,762 87.4 4,028 8,280 11.5
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Total : 334,150 175,556 81.8 38,754 64,005 16.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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