Actual slaughter under federal inspection for week ending 06.12.08
19/12/2008
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 6, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 118,522 3,773 432,543 10,062 4,068 0 215
Tuesday 126,485 4,648 431,074 10,213 2,059 0 396
Wednesday 112,683 4,530 437,088 9,820 1,968 0 223
Thursday 124,606 4,620 436,109 10,395 3,260 0 201
Friday 122,865 5,114 433,383 9,533 2,407 0 274
Saturday 14,318 6 197,692 1,605 464 0 0
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Total 619,479 22,691 2,367,889 51,628 14,226 0 1,309
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%Steers 47.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 30.5 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.9
%Cows 20.3 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.6
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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, December 6, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 485.3 Cattle 1,308 786
Steers 856
Heifers 794
Cows 603
Bulls 865
Calves & Veal 3.0 Calves 229 134
Pork 481.9 Hogs 272 204
Barrows & Gilts 201
Sows 307
Boars 202
Lamb & Mutton 3.5 Sheep 137 69
Mature Sheep 70
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 973.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 6, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 619,479
: Steers : 294,878 47.6
: Heifers : 189,027 30.5
: Dairy Cows : 52,338 8.4
: Other Cows : 73,406 11.8
: Bulls : 9,830 1.6
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 22,691
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,367,889
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,290,527 96.7
: Sows : 68,926 2.9
: Boars : 8,436 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 51,628
: Mature Sheep : 2,505 4.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 49,123 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 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. : 58,510 37,448 81.0 6,843 14,053 17.6
Tue. : 65,446 35,902 80.1 10,486 12,866 18.5
Wed. : 50,714 34,870 76.0 10,859 14,223 22.3
Thu. : 58,445 38,371 77.7 10,677 14,991 20.6
Fri. : 56,402 40,438 78.8 10,691 13,474 19.7
Sat. : 5,361 1,998 51.4 2,782 3,799 46.0
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Total : 294,878 189,027 78.1 52,338 73,406 20.3
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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