Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 04.10.08
17/10/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 4, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,467 3,499 432,206 10,228 5,052 0 98
Tuesday 125,095 4,399 427,120 10,106 2,446 0 267
Wednesday 126,854 3,735 427,413 9,024 1,626 0 151
Thursday 127,958 3,658 435,523 10,895 2,000 0 127
Friday 110,727 4,702 424,994 8,428 1,786 0 144
Saturday 20,074 127 179,380 53 97 0 97
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Total 635,175 20,120 2,326,636 48,734 13,007 0 884
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%Steers 48.8 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 5.8
%Cows 20.0 %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, October 4, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 500.5 Cattle 1,306 790
Steers 861
Heifers 797
Cows 595
Bulls 875
Calves & Veal 2.9 Calves 250 148
Pork 465.9 Hogs 268 200
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 309
Boars 207
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 133 67
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 972.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 4, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 635,175
: Steers : 309,832 48.8
: Heifers : 184,871 29.1
: Dairy Cows : 51,922 8.2
: Other Cows : 75,005 11.8
: Bulls : 13,545 2.1
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 20,120
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,326,636
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,247,787 96.6
: Sows : 69,884 3.0
: Boars : 8,965 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 48,734
: Mature Sheep : 2,847 5.8
: Lamb/Yearlings : 45,887 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 4, 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. : 61,575 36,894 79.1 8,738 14,760 18.9
Tue. : 64,039 34,997 79.2 9,876 13,780 18.9
Wed. : 63,771 37,136 79.5 9,700 13,678 18.4
Thu. : 61,006 40,301 79.2 10,136 14,112 18.9
Fri. : 52,896 32,451 77.1 9,933 12,945 20.7
Sat. : 6,545 3,092 48.0 3,539 5,730 46.2
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Total : 309,832 184,871 77.9 51,922 75,005 20.0
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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