Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection-19/07/08
01/08/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 19, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,620 3,573 423,314 10,375 3,803 0 135
Tuesday 127,372 4,217 407,431 7,135 2,167 0 315
Wednesday 117,673 3,300 411,690 7,866 2,152 0 286
Thursday 126,111 4,200 420,355 9,649 2,572 0 256
Friday 123,516 3,849 408,616 8,012 1,930 0 225
Saturday 66,085 0 67,979 42 20 0 49
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Total 687,377 19,139 2,139,385 43,079 12,644 0 1,266
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%Steers 52.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.2 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 3.4 %Mature Sheep 5.7
%Cows 17.3 %Boars 0.5
%Bulls 2.0
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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 19, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 532.7 Cattle 1,273 777
Steers 840
Heifers 764
Cows 594
Bulls 895
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 236 138
Pork 420.0 Hogs 263 196
Barrows & Gilts 192
Sows 309
Boars 206
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 136 68
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 958.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 19, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 687,377
: Steers : 359,279 52.3
: Heifers : 195,589 28.5
: Dairy Cows : 45,821 6.7
: Other Cows : 73,051 10.6
: Bulls : 13,637 2.0
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 19,139
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,139,385
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,057,118 96.2
: Sows : 72,381 3.4
: Boars : 9,886 0.5
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,079
: Mature Sheep : 2,458 5.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,621 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 19, 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. : 65,043 37,618 81.1 7,323 13,981 16.8
Tue. : 66,774 36,096 80.8 9,212 12,778 17.3
Wed. : 59,333 33,636 79.0 8,593 13,578 18.8
Thu. : 65,513 35,627 80.2 8,677 13,864 17.9
Fri. : 64,341 35,252 80.6 9,042 12,519 17.5
Sat. : 38,275 17,360 84.2 2,974 6,331 14.1
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Total : 359,279 195,589 80.7 45,821 73,051 17.3
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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