Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 10/26/2002
08/11/2002
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 130,966 4,085 394,804 12,589 2,790 278 106
Tuesday 133,509 5,297 390,153 12,668 2,651 204 92
Wednesday 133,304 4,858 388,753 12,361 2,183 142 124
Thursday 132,026 4,135 392,345 12,597 2,268 127 62
Friday 129,282 3,966 386,081 10,787 1,965 0 65
Saturday 54,455 100 95,909 84 46 0 3
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Total 713,542 22,441 2,048,045 61,086 11,903 751 452
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%Steers 45.0 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 36.1 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 4.9
%Cows 17.3 %Stags & Boars 0.2
%Bulls & Stags 1.6
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 10/26/2002
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 547.8 Cattle 1,269 772
Steers 840
Heifers 772
Cows 582
Bulls & Stags 880
Calves & Veal 4.0 Calves 296 182
Pork 402.8 Hogs 267 198
Barrows & Gilts 194
Sows 315
Stags & Boars 233
Lamb & Mutton 4.1 Sheep 135 68
Mature Sheep 62
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 958.7
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Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 26, 2002
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 713,542
: Steers : 321,207 45.0
: Heifers : 257,669 36.1
: Dairy Cows : 54,144 7.6
: Other Cows : 69,148 9.7
: Bulls : 11,374 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 22,441
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,048,045
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,977,365 96.5
: Sows : 65,729 3.2
: Stags/Boars : 4,951 0.2
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Sheep : TOTAL : 61,086
: Mature Sheep : 3,011 4.9
: Lambs/Yearlings : 58,075 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 26, 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. : 63,653 44,878 82.9 8,507 12,090 15.7
Tue. : 60,506 48,383 81.6 10,294 12,124 16.8
Wed. : 59,177 49,518 81.5 10,224 12,367 16.9
Thu. : 59,201 47,653 80.9 10,212 12,814 17.4
Fri. : 57,377 47,638 81.2 10,568 11,629 17.2
Sat. : 21,293 19,599 75.1 4,339 8,124 22.9
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:321,207 257,669 81.1 54,144 69,148 17.3
Source: USDA
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