Actual slaughter under federal inspection 13.09.08
26/09/2008
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 13, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,206 3,266 431,775 10,054 3,635 0 151
Tuesday 127,715 4,070 430,448 9,000 2,355 0 325
Wednesday 128,188 4,231 433,299 9,232 2,309 0 237
Thursday 126,649 3,679 428,988 10,628 2,541 0 274
Friday 111,048 4,840 423,929 8,292 2,229 0 86
Saturday 35,518 2 147,782 49 36 0 60
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Total 655,324 20,088 2,296,221 47,255 13,105 0 1,133
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 5.2
%Cows 19.2 %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 13, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 514.7 Cattle 1,298 788
Steers 858
Heifers 782
Cows 604
Bulls 889
Calves & Veal 2.9 Calves 248 146
Pork 455.2 Hogs 266 198
Barrows & Gilts 195
Sows 306
Boars 207
Lamb & Mutton 3.1 Sheep 131 66
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 975.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 13, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 655,324
: Steers : 319,451 48.7
: Heifers : 196,380 30.0
: Dairy Cows : 55,076 8.4
: Other Cows : 70,562 10.8
: Bulls : 13,855 2.1
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Calves : TOTAL : 20,088
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,296,221
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,214,277 96.4
: Sows : 72,945 3.2
: Boars : 8,999 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 47,255
: Mature Sheep : 2,479 5.2
: Lamb/Yearlings : 44,776 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 13, 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. : 63,226 38,726 80.8 8,489 13,287 17.3
Tue. : 67,993 33,865 79.8 10,420 12,906 18.3
Wed. : 63,992 39,268 80.6 10,071 12,354 17.5
Thu. : 56,477 45,266 80.3 10,060 12,416 17.7
Fri. : 53,540 32,526 77.5 10,341 11,963 20.1
Sat. : 14,223 6,729 59.0 5,695 7,636 37.5
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Total : 319,451 196,380 78.7 55,076 70,562 19.2
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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