SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jul 17, 2008 USDA Market News Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 5, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head Monday 128,657 3,400 424,591 10,287 3,680 0 255 Tuesday 128,070 3,736 430,492 8,243 2,552 0 162 Wednesday 126,949 4,762 434,652 9,976 2,916 0 232 Thursday 127,116 3,674 417,609 8,643 2,960 0 188 Friday 4,558 373 3,470 331 94 0 0 Saturday 76,459 0 1,057 23 25 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 591,809 15,945 1,711,871 37,503 12,227 0 837 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 54.8 %Barrows & Gilts 96.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.9 %Heifers 28.2 %Sows 3.5 %Mature Sheep 6.1 %Cows 15.2 %Boars 0.4 %Bulls 1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 5, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 460.1 Cattle 1,272 780 Steers 834 Heifers 760 Cows 605 Bulls 903 Calves & Veal 2.3 Calves 254 149 Pork 336.4 Hogs 263 197 Barrows & Gilts 193 Sows 308 Boars 204 Lamb & Mutton 2.5 Sheep 132 66 Mature Sheep 66 Lambs & Yearlings 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Meat Production 801.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 5, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle : TOTAL : 591,809 : Steers : 324,372 54.8 : Heifers : 167,070 28.2 : Dairy Cows : 35,764 6.0 : Other Cows : 54,333 9.2 : Bulls : 10,270 1.7 : : Calves : TOTAL : 15,945 : : Hogs : TOTAL : 1,711,871 : Barrows/Gilts : 1,644,591 96.1 : Sows : 59,779 3.5 : Boars : 7,501 0.4 : : Sheep : TOTAL : 37,503 : Mature Sheep : 2,301 6.1 : Lamb/Yearlings : 35,202 93.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 5, 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. : 70,368 34,821 81.8 6,678 14,312 16.3 Tue. : 69,069 34,354 80.8 8,881 13,352 17.4 Wed. : 66,187 37,263 81.5 8,520 12,515 16.6 Thu. : 68,316 35,968 82.0 8,771 11,589 16.0 Fri. : 650 767 31.1 1,162 1,726 63.4 Sat. : 49,782 23,897 96.4 1,752 839 3.4 : Total : 324,372 167,070 83.0 35,764 54,333 15.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 .