Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for week ending 09/08/08
22/08/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 9, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,960 3,291 377,941 9,335 3,526 0 148
Tuesday 125,846 3,932 425,594 8,314 2,652 0 313
Wednesday 124,564 4,072 410,792 7,665 2,280 0 204
Thursday 124,811 3,641 426,354 8,714 2,535 0 206
Friday 125,234 4,686 418,381 7,785 1,984 0 16
Saturday 41,568 0 68,543 54 43 0 0
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Total 666,983 19,622 2,127,605 41,867 13,020 0 887
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%Steers 50.9 %Barrows & Gilts 96.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 5.2
%Cows 17.9 %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 9, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 519.4 Cattle 1,281 781
Steers 847
Heifers 771
Cows 596
Bulls 891
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 240 141
Pork 413.4 Hogs 260 194
Barrows & Gilts 191
Sows 307
Boars 207
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 139 69
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 938.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 9, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 666,983
: Steers : 339,695 50.9
: Heifers : 194,996 29.2
: Dairy Cows : 51,393 7.7
: Other Cows : 68,036 10.2
: Bulls : 12,863 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 19,622
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,127,605
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,049,611 96.3
: Sows : 68,413 3.2
: Boars : 9,581 0.5
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 41,867
: Mature Sheep : 2,168 5.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 39,699 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 9, 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. : 62,892 37,358 80.2 8,106 14,192 17.8
Tue. : 65,761 35,293 80.3 10,185 12,267 17.8
Wed. : 61,892 37,938 80.1 9,682 12,759 18.0
Thu. : 62,820 36,858 79.9 9,795 12,716 18.0
Fri. : 63,870 36,178 79.9 10,864 11,895 18.2
Sat. : 22,460 11,371 81.4 2,761 4,207 16.8
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Total : 339,695 194,996 80.2 51,393 68,036 17.9
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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