Actual slaughter under federal inspection for W/E 06/07/2002
Source USDA
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 06/07/2002
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 133,351 3,700 373,291 11,278 2,607 500 74
Tuesday 133,804 4,637 369,779 11,583 3,125 2 91
Wednesday 133,328 4,435 364,391 13,073 2,628 223 64
Thursday 1,515 608 46,475 142 329 0 45
Friday 125,522 3,045 290,368 6,977 1,755 0 2
Saturday 96,480 0 25,218 61 38 0 0
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Total 624,000 16,425 1,469,522 43,114 10,482 725 276
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%Steers 53.5 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 6.0
%Cows 14.1 %Stags & Boars 0.3
%Bulls & Stags 1.4
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 and Actual Liveweight and Dressed Weight W/E 07/06/2002
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 477.0 Cattle 1,248 768
Steers 828
Heifers 738
Cows 589
Bulls & Stags 932
Calves & Veal 2.9 Calves 296 181
Pork 283.9 Hogs 260 194
Barrows & Gilts 190
Sows 316
Stags & Boars 240
Lamb & Mutton 2.8 Sheep 129 65
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 65
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Total Meat
Production 766.6
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Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 06, 2002
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 624,000
: Steers : 333,930 53.5
: Heifers : 193,206 31.0
: Dairy Cows : 39,114 6.3
: Other Cows : 48,752 7.8
: Bulls : 8,998 1.4
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,425
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,469,522
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,417,544 96.5
: Sows : 47,614 3.2
: Stags/Boars : 4,364 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 43,114
: Mature Sheep : 2,594 6.0
: Lambs/Yearlings : 40,520 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 06, 2002
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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: Day Cat : Cows :Cows : Day Cat
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Mon. : 72,996 38,200 83.4 7,725 12,065 14.8
Tue. : 71,392 38,853 82.4 9,914 11,503 16.0
Wed. : 68,444 41,510 82.5 10,219 11,077 16.0
Thu. : 911 419 87.8 80 98 11.7
Fri. : 66,289 38,024 83.1 8,786 10,553 15.4
Sat. : 53,898 36,200 93.4 2,390 3,456 6.1
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:333,930 193,206 84.5 39,114 48,752 14.
