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Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 07/13/2002

26/07/2002
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 07/13/2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Head Monday 128,473 3,850 340,773 10,823 2,356 293 72 Tuesday 129,928 5,571 349,342 10,498 2,411 166 172 Wednesday 132,171 4,323 361,809 11,902 2,001 63 189 Thursday 130,004 3,850 361,608 11,530 2,394 140 113 Friday 129,770 5,204 361,650 8,776 1,541 0 111 Saturday 61,124 0 1,002 94 298 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 711,470 22,798 1,776,184 53,623 11,001 662 657 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %Steers 52.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.6 %Heifers 31.2 %Sows 3.6 %Mature Sheep 5.4 %Cows 15.1 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %Bulls & Stags 1.5 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 07/13/2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 543.1 Cattle 1,252 767 Steers 830 Heifers 742 Cows 585 Bulls & Stags 924 Calves & Veal 3.8 Calves 274 168 Pork 343.6 Hogs 261 194 Barrows & Gilts 189 Sows 320 Stags & Boars 245 Lamb & Mutton 3.4 Sheep 127 64 Mature Sheep 63 Lambs & Yearlings 64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Meat Production 893.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages by Species and Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 13, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle : TOTAL : 711,470 : Steers : 371,331 52.2 : Heifers : 221,872 31.2 : Dairy Cows : 49,424 6.9 : Other Cows : 57,944 8.1 : Bulls : 10,899 1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Calves : TOTAL : 22,798 ------------------------------------------------------------ Hogs : TOTAL : 1,776,184 : Barrows/Gilts : 1,705,964 96.0 : Sows : 64,249 3.6 : Stags/Boars : 5,971 0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheep : TOTAL : 53,623 : Mature Sheep : 2,898 5.4 : Lambs/Yearlings : 50,725 94.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 13, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head Slaughtered :----------------------------------------------------- Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of Week : Steers : Heifers : Day Cat: Cows : Cows : Day Cat ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mon. : 65,925 41,286 83.5 7,737 11,534 15.0 Tue. : 67,118 40,076 82.5 10,044 10,809 16.0 Wed. : 70,144 38,013 81.8 10,450 11,485 16.6 Thu. : 69,563 36,503 81.6 9,629 11,987 16.6 Fri. : 64,591 41,086 81.4 10,868 10,835 16.7 Sat. : 33,990 24,908 96.4 696 1,294 3.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wkly. : US.Tot.:371,331 221,872 83.4 49,424 57,944 15.1 Source: USDA