Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection-12/07/08
25/07/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 12, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,078 3,882 411,310 9,580 3,536 0 176
Tuesday 127,448 4,031 424,176 5,343 2,228 0 253
Wednesday 126,964 3,962 420,409 10,157 2,139 0 206
Thursday 126,893 4,196 418,608 8,832 2,409 0 300
Friday 127,002 4,275 408,915 7,739 1,970 0 149
Saturday 66,805 2 73,142 36 26 0 92
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Total 699,190 20,348 2,156,560 41,687 12,308 0 1,176
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%Steers 52.0 %Barrows & Gilts 96.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 5.4
%Cows 17.1 %Boars 0.5
%Bulls 1.9
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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 12, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 542.2 Cattle 1,274 778
Steers 838
Heifers 763
Cows 603
Bulls 898
Calves & Veal 2.8 Calves 240 140
Pork 424.8 Hogs 264 197
Barrows & Gilts 193
Sows 308
Boars 212
Lamb & Mutton 2.8 Sheep 137 68
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 972.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 12, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 699,190
: Steers : 363,923 52.0
: Heifers : 202,818 29.0
: Dairy Cows : 47,912 6.9
: Other Cows : 71,572 10.2
: Bulls : 12,965 1.9
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Calves : TOTAL : 20,348
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,156,560
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,076,764 96.3
: Sows : 69,676 3.2
: Boars : 10,120 0.5
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Sheep : TOTAL : 41,687
: Mature Sheep : 2,244 5.4
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,443 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 12, 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. : 61,218 41,139 82.5 7,121 12,574 15.9
Tue. : 66,049 36,801 80.7 9,350 12,855 17.4
Wed. : 68,585 33,946 80.8 9,406 12,725 17.4
Thu. : 69,677 33,071 81.0 8,820 12,904 17.1
Fri. : 65,385 37,825 81.3 9,107 12,243 16.8
Sat. : 33,009 20,036 79.4 4,108 8,271 18.5
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Total : 363,923 202,818 81.1 47,912 71,572 17.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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