July 22, 2009
US hog slaughter reduced by Oklahoma plant breakdown
A breakdown at the Seaboard Foods' (SEB) pork plant in Guymon, Oklahoma, during the morning shift Monday (July 20) kept the plant from processing hogs the balance of the day, according to livestock dealers and industry participants.
The double-shift plant can process about 16,000 hogs per day, according to industry analysts. The company produces most of the hogs it processes.
The nature of the breakdown was not available. Monday's slaughter estimate is expected to be downwardly revised by 10,000 or more head from the 370,000 figure originally reported by the US Department of Agriculture.
The plant will operate on Saturday to make up for the downtime, dealers and analysts said.
Calls made to the company for confirmation have not yet been returned.
