Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 18.10.08
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 18, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 124,343 3,385 428,927 6,606 1,648 0 230
Tuesday 126,625 3,778 438,021 10,585 3,589 0 117
Wednesday 116,637 3,723 431,800 9,022 2,470 0 214
Thursday 125,871 3,715 429,338 10,605 2,550 0 215
Friday 121,985 4,751 427,874 7,486 2,286 0 144
Saturday 15,153 5 201,536 44 67 0 0
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Total 630,614 19,357 2,357,496 44,348 12,610 0 920
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 29.9 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 5.1
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.7
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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 18, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 496.4 Cattle 1,307 789
Steers 861
Heifers 793
Cows 599
Bulls 869
Calves & Veal 2.9 Calves 255 150
Pork 474.1 Hogs 269 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 310
Boars 220
Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 134 67
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 976.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 18, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 630,614
: Steers : 306,466 48.6
: Heifers : 188,486 29.9
: Dairy Cows : 50,922 8.1
: Other Cows : 73,718 11.7
: Bulls : 11,022 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 19,357
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,357,496
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,280,633 96.7
: Sows : 67,951 2.9
: Boars : 8,912 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 44,348
: Mature Sheep : 2,260 5.1
: Lamb/Yearlings : 42,088 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 18, 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. : 59,110 40,401 80.0 8,092 14,647 18.3
Tue. : 63,395 36,869 79.2 9,822 14,491 19.2
Wed. : 53,451 36,909 77.5 10,295 13,868 20.7
Thu. : 62,906 37,342 79.6 9,675 13,661 18.5
Fri. : 63,271 33,916 79.7 9,744 13,143 18.8
Sat. : 4,333 3,049 48.7 3,294 3,908 47.5
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Total : 306,466 188,486 78.5 50,922 73,718 19.8
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
