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Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 05/07/08

18/07/2008

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection

             Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.            
                      Week Ending  Saturday, July 5, 2008                      
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    Day     Cattle    Calves     Hogs      Sheep     Goats    Equine   1/Bison 
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                                           Head                                
Monday      128,657    3,400    424,591   10,287     3,680       0       255   
Tuesday     128,070    3,736    430,492    8,243     2,552       0       162   
Wednesday   126,949    4,762    434,652    9,976     2,916       0       232   
Thursday    127,116    3,674    417,609    8,643     2,960       0       188   
Friday        4,558      373      3,470      331        94       0         0   
Saturday     76,459        0      1,057       23        25       0         0   
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Total       591,809   15,945  1,711,871   37,503    12,227       0       837   
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%Steers         54.8      %Barrows & Gilts  96.1      %Lambs & Yearlings  93.9
%Heifers        28.2      %Sows              3.5      %Mature Sheep        6.1
%Cows           15.2      %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, July 5, 2008                      
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    Production                  Species and Class  Live Weight   Dressed Weight 
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                    Mil. Lbs.                          Lbs.           Lbs.      
                                                                                
Beef                  460.1     Cattle                1,272           780       
                                Steers                                834       
                                Heifers                               760       
                                Cows                                  605       
                                Bulls                                 903       
                                                                                
Calves & Veal           2.3     Calves                  254           149       
                                                                                
Pork                  336.4     Hogs                    263           197       
                                Barrows & Gilts                       193       
                                Sows                                  308       
                                Boars                                 204       
                                                                                
Lamb & Mutton           2.5     Sheep                   132            66       
                                Mature Sheep                           66       
                                Lambs & Yearlings                      66       
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Total Meat                                                                      
Production            801.3                                                     
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  Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.  
                Week Ending  Saturday, July 5, 2008               
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             :                    :   Number of   :    Percent    
   Species   :       Class        :     Head      :   of Total    
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   Cattle    :   TOTAL            :     591,809                   
             :   Steers           :     324,372         54.8      
             :   Heifers          :     167,070         28.2      
             :   Dairy Cows       :      35,764          6.0      
             :   Other Cows       :      54,333          9.2      
             :   Bulls            :      10,270          1.7      
             :                    :                               
   Calves    :   TOTAL            :      15,945                   
             :                    :                               
   Hogs      :   TOTAL            :   1,711,871                   
             :   Barrows/Gilts    :   1,644,591         96.1      
             :   Sows             :      59,779          3.5      
             :   Boars            :       7,501          0.4      
             :                    :                               
   Sheep     :   TOTAL            :      37,503                   
             :   Mature Sheep     :       2,301          6.1      
             :   Lamb/Yearlings   :      35,202         93.9      
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           Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.          
                   Week Ending  Saturday, July 5, 2008                  
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          :                 Number of Head Slaughtered                  
          :-------------------------------------------------------------
    Day   :         :         :  S&H as  :         :         :  D&O as  
    of    :         :         :   % of   :  Dairy  :  Other  :   % of   
   Week   : Steers  : Heifers :  Cattle  :  Cows   :  Cows   :  Cattle  
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   Mon.   :  70,368    34,821     81.8      6,678    14,312      16.3   
   Tue.   :  69,069    34,354     80.8      8,881    13,352      17.4   
   Wed.   :  66,187    37,263     81.5      8,520    12,515      16.6   
   Thu.   :  68,316    35,968     82.0      8,771    11,589      16.0   
   Fri.   :     650       767     31.1      1,162     1,726      63.4   
   Sat.   :  49,782    23,897     96.4      1,752       839       3.4   
          :                                                             
   Total  : 324,372   167,070     83.0     35,764    54,333      15.2   
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Source:  USDA Market News/NASS  St. Joseph, MO


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