Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for week ending 02/08/08
15/08/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 2, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,639 3,486 419,362 10,364 3,659 0 197
Tuesday 126,688 4,254 408,843 6,623 2,470 0 247
Wednesday 126,166 3,985 412,129 9,719 1,969 0 223
Thursday 123,480 3,876 419,813 10,247 2,153 0 282
Friday 125,068 4,068 394,509 8,916 1,505 0 80
Saturday 34,341 1 38,205 35 78 0 0
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Total 661,382 19,670 2,092,861 45,904 11,834 0 1,029
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%Steers 52.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 5.2
%Cows 18.0 %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, August 2, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 515.8 Cattle 1,279 782
Steers 845
Heifers 772
Cows 600
Bulls 894
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 239 140
Pork 407.6 Hogs 261 195
Barrows & Gilts 191
Sows 308
Boars 204
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 133 67
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 929.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 2, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 661,382
: Steers : 346,897 52.5
: Heifers : 182,733 27.6
: Dairy Cows : 49,209 7.4
: Other Cows : 69,884 10.6
: Bulls : 12,659 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 19,670
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,092,861
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,015,836 96.3
: Sows : 67,574 3.2
: Boars : 9,451 0.5
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 45,904
: Mature Sheep : 2,368 5.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 43,536 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 2, 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. : 65,227 35,025 79.8 8,121 14,923 18.3
Tue. : 68,376 33,438 80.4 9,320 13,166 17.7
Wed. : 65,962 34,771 79.8 9,985 13,070 18.3
Thu. : 62,928 36,865 80.8 8,535 12,628 17.1
Fri. : 64,518 35,892 80.3 10,340 11,878 17.8
Sat. : 19,886 6,742 77.5 2,908 4,219 20.8
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Total : 346,897 182,733 80.1 49,209 69,884 18.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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