Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 07/06/08
20/06/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 7, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 121,649 3,378 412,887 9,179 3,135 0 140
Tuesday 125,736 3,408 421,929 5,975 2,559 0 265
Wednesday 127,767 3,077 423,997 8,673 1,930 0 245
Thursday 127,863 2,708 417,836 8,673 2,767 0 267
Friday 124,940 3,697 417,087 8,054 1,909 0 143
Saturday 63,777 1 14,066 885 36 0 51
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Total 691,732 16,269 2,107,802 41,439 12,336 0 1,111
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%Steers 52.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 28.1 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 6.1
%Cows 17.5 %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, June 7, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 526.8 Cattle 1,261 764
Steers 820
Heifers 747
Cows 604
Bulls 911
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 278 165
Pork 421.7 Hogs 268 200
Barrows & Gilts 196
Sows 313
Boars 208
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 143 72
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 954.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 7, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 691,732
: Steers : 363,936 52.6
: Heifers : 194,037 28.1
: Dairy Cows : 44,599 6.4
: Other Cows : 76,478 11.1
: Bulls : 12,682 1.8
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 16,269
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,107,802
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,028,909 96.3
: Sows : 70,085 3.3
: Boars : 8,808 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,439
: Mature Sheep : 2,518 6.1
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,921 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 7, 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. : 61,967 36,378 80.8 6,797 14,375 17.4
Tue. : 66,936 34,872 81.0 7,747 13,866 17.2
Wed. : 65,279 37,853 80.7 8,815 13,573 17.5
Thu. : 67,684 35,317 80.6 8,754 13,835 17.7
Fri. : 65,356 35,466 80.7 8,600 13,061 17.3
Sat. : 36,714 14,151 79.8 3,886 7,768 18.3
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Total : 363,936 194,037 80.7 44,599 76,478 17.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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