Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for week ending 16/08/08
29/08/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 16, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,547 3,262 422,069 8,222 3,150 0 99
Tuesday 128,347 3,645 425,996 8,080 2,903 0 308
Wednesday 127,901 3,570 409,955 9,088 2,254 0 209
Thursday 128,580 2,782 425,099 9,576 2,046 0 209
Friday 128,301 4,653 419,367 7,725 2,514 0 77
Saturday 46,420 0 41,823 82 631 0 0
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Total 687,096 17,912 2,144,309 42,773 13,498 0 902
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%Steers 50.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 5.7
%Cows 17.5 %Boars 0.4
%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 16, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 536.9 Cattle 1,282 784
Steers 851
Heifers 771
Cows 596
Bulls 884
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 246 145
Pork 417.4 Hogs 261 195
Barrows & Gilts 191
Sows 305
Boars 201
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 959.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 16, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 687,096
: Steers : 348,567 50.7
: Heifers : 204,742 29.8
: Dairy Cows : 51,383 7.5
: Other Cows : 69,110 10.1
: Bulls : 13,294 1.9
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 17,912
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,144,309
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,067,844 96.4
: Sows : 66,960 3.1
: Boars : 9,505 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 42,773
: Mature Sheep : 2,427 5.7
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,346 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 16, 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. : 64,508 39,050 81.2 8,098 13,334 16.8
Tue. : 69,666 33,203 80.1 10,412 12,613 17.9
Wed. : 60,409 42,529 80.5 9,972 12,708 17.7
Thu. : 64,745 37,586 79.6 10,154 13,476 18.4
Fri. : 64,390 38,414 80.1 10,563 12,240 17.8
Sat. : 24,849 13,960 83.6 2,184 4,739 14.9
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Total : 348,567 204,742 80.5 51,383 69,110 17.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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