Beef production rises compared with last month - leatherbiz: Lea Leatherbiz

Intelligence

Beef production rises compared with last month

29/05/2003

Commercial red meat production for the United States totalled 3.85 billion
pounds in April, down 1% from the 3.90 billion pounds produced in
April 2002.

Beef production, at 2.15 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous
year. Cattle slaughter totalled 2.97 million head, up 1% from April
2002.  The average live weight was 1,209 pounds, down 18 pounds from
April a year ago.

April 2002 contained 22 weekdays and 4 Saturdays.
April 2003 contained 22 weekdays and 4 Saturdays.

 

Livestock Slaughter:  Number and Average Weights, United States 1/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            :      :        :        :       :Apr 03 % of:      Jan - Apr 2/
            :      :  Apr   :  Mar   :  Apr  :----------------------------------
   Species  : Unit :  2002  :  2003  : 2003  : Apr : Mar :        :       : 03 %
            :      :        :        :       :2002 :2003 :  2002  :  2003 :of 02
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            :      :                            Percent                    Prcnt
Cattle No.  :      :
 Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,899.1  *2,724.5 2,917.5  101   107  11,149.8 11,111.4  100
 Other      : Thou :   49.7      50.3    48.6   98    97     209.2    206.4   99
 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,948.7  *2,774.8 2,966.2  101   107  11,359.0 11,317.7  100
Live Wt/Hd  :      :
 Fed. Insp. : Lbs  :1,230     1,236   1,211     98    98   1,248    1,245    100
 Other      : Lbs  :1,079     1,107   1,095    101    99   1,087    1,096    101
 Comm'l.    : Lbs  :1,227     1,234   1,209     99    98   1,246    1,243    100
Calves No.  :      :
 Fed. Insp. : Thou :   80.1      83.0    77.2   96    93     312.6    333.0  107
 Other      : Thou :    2.0       2.0     2.1  102   102       7.9      8.1  103
 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :   82.1      85.1    79.3   97    93     320.5    341.2  106
Live Wt/Hd  :      :
 Fed. Insp. : Lbs  :  325       318     335    103   105     323      320     99
 Other      : Lbs  :  428       415     421     99   101     417      419    100
 Comm'l.    : Lbs  :  327       323     336    103   104     325      323    100
Hogs No.    :      :
 Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,320.9   8,051.8 8,230.2   99   102  32,151.4 32,543.7  101
 Other      : Thou :  104.4     100.4   103.3   99   103     422.3    409.8   97
 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,425.3   8,152.1 8,333.5   99   102  32,573.6 32,953.4  101
 Live Wt/Hd  :      :
 Fed. Insp. : Lbs  :  268       268     268    100   100     268      268    100
 Other      : Lbs  :  235       242     233     99    96     237      237    100
 Comm'l.    : Lbs  :  267       268     268    100   100     267      267    100
Sheep&Lambs :      :
No.         :      :
 Fed. Insp. : Thou :  263.3     251.6   279.6  106   111   1,062.2    969.4   91
 Other      : Thou :   15.5      12.6    15.9  102   127      56.9     53.3   94
 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :  278.9     264.1   295.6  106   112   1,119.1  1,022.7   91
 Live Wt/Hd  :      :
 Fed. Insp. : Lbs  :  140       139     133     95    95     140      136     97
 Other      : Lbs  :  100       108     106    106    98     100      105    104
 Comm'l.    : Lbs  :  137       138     132     96    95     138      134     97
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*   Revised.
1/  Excludes slaughter on farms.
2/  Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data.
3/  Totals may not equal sum of the parts due to rounding.


 



Leatherbiz.com cannot be held responsible for content if the language setting is changed from English.

The translations provided by Google Translate are automated and therefore might not be accurate and may contain incorrect, offensive or misleading language. We offer this facility as a guide only.