SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Sep 04, 2008 USDA Market News Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 23, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head Monday 121,914 3,605 427,443 10,221 3,089 0 127 Tuesday 126,715 4,124 434,037 6,447 2,614 0 276 Wednesday 125,343 3,370 419,032 8,805 2,328 0 217 Thursday 129,014 3,089 433,533 10,015 2,542 0 196 Friday 122,284 4,147 427,749 8,292 2,067 0 29 Saturday 48,778 0 96,571 49 34 0 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 674,048 18,335 2,238,365 43,829 12,674 0 886 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 50.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.9 %Heifers 28.9 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 5.1 %Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.4 %Bulls 2.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 23, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 527.8 Cattle 1,291 785 Steers 851 Heifers 777 Cows 604 Bulls 898 Calves & Veal 2.7 Calves 255 151 Pork 436.9 Hogs 261 195 Barrows & Gilts 192 Sows 307 Boars 202 Lamb & Mutton 3.0 Sheep 134 68 Mature Sheep 68 Lambs & Yearlings 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Meat Production 970.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 23, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle : TOTAL : 674,048 : Steers : 340,802 50.6 : Heifers : 194,669 28.9 : Dairy Cows : 54,015 8.0 : Other Cows : 69,887 10.4 : Bulls : 14,675 2.2 : : Calves : TOTAL : 18,335 : : Hogs : TOTAL : 2,238,365 : Barrows/Gilts : 2,161,108 96.5 : Sows : 67,729 3.0 : Boars : 9,528 0.4 : : Sheep : TOTAL : 43,829 : Mature Sheep : 2,250 5.1 : Lamb/Yearlings : 41,579 94.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 23, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head Slaughtered :------------------------------------------------------------- Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mon. : 59,212 37,730 79.5 8,354 14,128 18.4 Tue. : 68,417 32,898 80.0 10,285 12,330 17.8 Wed. : 64,958 34,860 79.6 9,921 12,625 18.0 Thu. : 66,382 37,016 80.1 10,071 12,900 17.8 Fri. : 60,394 36,379 79.1 10,579 12,354 18.8 Sat. : 21,439 15,786 76.3 4,805 5,550 21.2 : Total : 340,802 194,669 79.4 54,015 69,887 18.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 .