Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 15/05/2004
28/05/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 126,790 3,402 356,133 7,090 1,623 550 72
Tuesday 129,523 3,458 369,238 9,436 3,023 0 53
Wednesday 131,046 3,039 372,712 6,982 1,786 263 215
Thursday 133,169 2,695 374,349 9,172 2,273 381 120
Friday 129,692 2,914 368,413 6,473 2,815 0 25
Saturday 40,614 270 1,892 47 38 0 0
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Total 690,834 15,778 1,842,737 39,200 11,558 1,194 485
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%Steers 52.4 %Barrows & Gilts 96.3 %Lambs & Yearlings 91.9
%Heifers 31.9 %Sows 3.5 %Mature Sheep 8.1
%Cows 14.0 %Stags & Boars 0.3
%Bulls & Stags 1.7
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 15/05/2004
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 504.0 Cattle 1,204 734
Steers 776
Heifers 710
Cows 609
Bulls & Stags 895
Calves & Veal 3.4 Calves 356 218
Pork 366.1 Hogs 267 199
Barrows & Gilts 195
Sows 315
Stags & Boars 217
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 139 70
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 876.2
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 15, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------
: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 690,834
: Steers : 362,079 52.4
: Heifers : 220,255 31.9
: Dairy Cows : 42,309 6.1
: Other Cows : 54,563 7.9
: Bulls : 11,628 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,778
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,842,737
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,773,815 96.3
: Sows : 64,230 3.5
: Stags/Boars : 4,692 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 39,200
: Mature Sheep : 3,172 8.1
: Lambs/Yearlings : 36,028 91.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 15, 2004 -----------------------------------------------------------------
: 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. : 65,979 41,261 84.6 7,618 9,942 13.8
Tue. : 69,477 39,194 83.9 7,889 10,710 14.4
Wed. : 72,156 37,338 83.6 8,406 10,782 14.6
Thu. : 69,295 41,038 82.9 8,704 11,587 15.2
Fri. : 65,670 40,835 82.1 9,657 11,104 16.0
Sat. : 19,502 20,589 98.7 35 438 1.2
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:362,079 220,255 84.3 42,309 54,563 14.0
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
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