Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 23/10/2004
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 10/23/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 122,680 3,089 404,800 11,929 3,493 645 113
Tuesday 127,791 3,343 403,715 10,722 2,776 0 74
Wednesday 110,475 3,035 402,769 11,823 2,322 184 102
Thursday 128,863 1,820 403,522 11,655 2,676 377 148
Friday 124,734 3,037 399,004 8,968 2,169 32 91
Saturday 32,320 0 166,186 40 28 65 0
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Total 646,863 14,324 2,179,996 55,137 13,464 1,303 528
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%Steers 47.4 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 34.2 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 5.1
%Cows 16.6 %Stags & Boars 0.2 %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 23/10/2004
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 497.6
Cattle 1,267 773
Steers 831
Heifers 767
Cows 608
Bulls & Stags 878
Calves & Veal 2.8
Calves 329 202
Pork 434.4
Hogs 268 200
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 313
Stags & Boars 219
Lamb & Mutton 3.8
Sheep 136 68
Mature Sheep 62
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 938.6
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 23, 2004
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 646,863
: Steers : 306,839 47.4
: Heifers : 221,443 34.2
: Dairy Cows : 48,304 7.5
: Other Cows : 59,113 9.1
: Bulls : 11,164 1.7
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,324
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,179,996
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,112,696 96.9
: Sows : 62,960 2.9
: Stags/Boars : 4,340 0.2
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 55,137
: Mature Sheep : 2,827 5.1
: Lambs/Yearlings : 52,310 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 23, 2004
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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. : 57,160 44,401 82.8 6,711 12,408 15.6
Tue. : 61,686 42,895 81.8 9,953 11,061 16.4
Wed. : 53,816 33,154 78.7 10,558 10,905 19.4
Thu. : 61,235 44,757 82.3 9,532 11,069 16.0
Fri. : 58,559 42,558 81.1 9,989 11,574 17.3
Sat. : 14,383 13,678 86.8 1,561 2,096 11.3
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:306,839 221,443 81.7 48,304 59,113 16.6
Source: USDA, NASS
