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St. Joseph, MO Thu May 15, 2008 USDA Market News
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 3, 2008
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,589 3,428 411,066 9,195 2,808 0 157
Tuesday 129,493 3,583 414,369 6,952 2,547 0 214
Wednesday 126,758 3,906 415,617 8,893 1,725 0 189
Thursday 128,072 2,611 420,445 10,099 2,491 0 248
Friday 126,704 3,137 403,717 7,919 1,853 0 156
Saturday 62,267 6 79,449 390 250 0 32
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Total 700,883 16,671 2,144,663 43,448 11,674 0 996
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%Steers 52.9 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 5.9
%Cows 16.5 %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, May 3, 2008
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 533.7 Cattle 1,256 764
Steers 814
Heifers 749
Cows 615
Bulls 894
Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 276 164
Pork 429.9 Hogs 268 201
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 306
Boars 204
Lamb & Mutton 3.2 Sheep 148 74
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 969.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 3, 2008
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 700,883
: Steers : 370,529 52.9
: Heifers : 203,203 29.0
: Dairy Cows : 45,950 6.6
: Other Cows : 69,581 9.9
: Bulls : 11,620 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,671
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,144,663
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,072,321 96.6
: Sows : 63,376 3.0
: Boars : 8,966 0.4
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Sheep : TOTAL : 43,448
: Mature Sheep : 2,558 5.9
: Lamb/Yearlings : 40,890 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 3, 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. : 68,990 35,446 81.9 6,989 14,143 16.6
Tue. : 68,941 36,414 81.4 8,955 12,809 16.8
Wed. : 63,154 38,316 80.1 10,096 12,966 18.2
Thu. : 66,207 38,352 81.6 8,305 12,810 16.5
Fri. : 67,814 36,905 82.6 8,582 11,506 15.9
Sat. : 35,423 17,770 85.4 3,023 5,347 13.4
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Total : 370,529 203,203 81.9 45,950 69,581 16.5
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
816-238-0678 e-mail: stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls711.txt
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