Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 29.11.08
12/12/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 29, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 129,206 4,050 433,947 10,458 4,346 0 214
Tuesday 129,003 4,836 436,145 10,855 2,766 0 282
Wednesday 125,768 4,739 424,795 6,797 2,921 0 167
Thursday 773 0 44 111 44 0 0
Friday 124,736 3,667 418,889 9,898 2,712 0 103
Saturday 60,809 1 332,546 1,941 150 0 0
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Total 570,295 17,293 2,046,366 40,060 12,939 0 766
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%Steers 47.9 %Barrows & Gilts 97.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 32.2 %Sows 2.2 %Mature Sheep 4.9
%Cows 18.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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, November 29, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 449.5 Cattle 1,309 790
Steers 855
Heifers 794
Cows 604
Bulls 885
Calves & Veal 2.4 Calves 234 138
Pork 414.5 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 305
Boars 205
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 137 69
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 869.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 29, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 570,295
: Steers : 273,168 47.9
: Heifers : 183,825 32.2
: Dairy Cows : 43,855 7.7
: Other Cows : 60,631 10.6
: Bulls : 8,816 1.5
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 17,293
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,046,366
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,995,589 97.5
: Sows : 44,474 2.2
: Boars : 6,303 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,060
: Mature Sheep : 1,976 4.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 38,084 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 29, 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. : 57,484 44,344 78.8 10,173 15,135 19.6
Tue. : 63,598 39,247 79.7 9,884 14,020 18.5
Wed. : 61,115 39,351 79.9 10,344 12,833 18.4
Thu. : 0 0 0.0 14 574 76.1
Fri. : 63,519 38,799 82.0 8,930 11,979 16.8
Sat. : 27,452 22,084 81.5 4,510 6,090 17.4
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Total : 273,168 183,825 80.1 43,855 60,631 18.3
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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