Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 06.09.08
19/09/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 6, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 2,895 545 1,714 684 742 0 0
Tuesday 129,190 4,192 431,006 10,965 4,159 0 290
Wednesday 129,864 4,200 430,387 10,334 2,870 0 246
Thursday 129,741 3,970 434,158 11,247 3,065 0 262
Friday 127,433 4,215 431,150 9,635 2,642 0 108
Saturday 77,175 435 321,016 787 78 0 0
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Total 596,298 17,557 2,049,431 43,652 13,556 0 906
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 31.1 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 5.6
%Cows 18.1 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 2.1
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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, September 6, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 467.5 Cattle 1,289 787
Steers 853
Heifers 780
Cows 603
Bulls 893
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 243 143
Pork 404.5 Hogs 264 198
Barrows & Gilts 194
Sows 306
Boars 200
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 131 66
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 877.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 6, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 596,298
: Steers : 290,258 48.7
: Heifers : 185,672 31.1
: Dairy Cows : 47,852 8.0
: Other Cows : 59,844 10.0
: Bulls : 12,672 2.1
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,557
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,049,431
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,981,430 96.7
: Sows : 60,815 3.0
: Boars : 7,186 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 43,652
: Mature Sheep : 2,429 5.6
: Lamb/Yearlings : 41,223 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 6, 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. : 1,386 310 58.6 500 488 34.1
Tue. : 63,895 39,267 79.9 9,350 13,831 17.9
Wed. : 60,984 42,538 79.7 10,496 13,194 18.2
Thu. : 60,485 42,938 79.7 10,898 12,707 18.2
Fri. : 63,901 40,032 81.6 10,305 10,768 16.5
Sat. : 39,607 20,587 78.0 6,303 8,856 19.6
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Total : 290,258 185,672 79.8 47,852 59,844 18.1
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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