Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 06/11/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 121,410 3,007 395,521 12,103 2,892 641 52
Tuesday 117,114 3,440 392,788 10,750 2,654 0 115
Wednesday 123,202 2,475 397,331 11,653 2,361 358 153
Thursday 122,217 1,879 395,876 11,500 2,120 120 130
Friday 106,572 3,122 390,295 8,064 1,162 340 206
Saturday 2,899 180 102,654 59 323 84 0
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Total 593,414 14,103 2,074,465 54,129 11,512 1,543 656
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 31.9 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 5.1
%Cows 17.8 %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 11/06/2004
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 453.5
Cattle 1,270 768
Steers 826
Heifers 762
Cows 609
Bulls & Stags 875
Calves & Veal 2.9
Calves 337 207
Pork 416.2
Hogs 270 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 316
Stags & Boars 205
Lamb & Mutton 3.8
Sheep 137 69
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 876.4
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 06, 2004
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 593,414
: Steers : 288,524 48.6
: Heifers : 189,143 31.9
: Dairy Cows : 47,325 8.0
: Other Cows : 58,427 9.8
: Bulls : 9,995 1.7
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,103
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,074,465
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,005,999 96.7
: Sows : 62,093 3.0
: Stags/Boars : 6,373 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 54,129
: Mature Sheep : 2,735 5.1
: Lambs/Yearlings : 51,394 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 06, 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. : 59,047 42,494 83.6 6,914 10,960 14.7
Tue. : 55,855 37,644 79.8 9,344 12,193 18.4
Wed. : 61,326 38,659 81.2 9,799 11,484 17.3
Thu. : 59,200 40,580 81.6 9,711 10,842 16.8
Fri. : 52,655 29,418 77.0 10,477 12,083 21.2
Sat. : 441 348 27.2 1,080 865 67.1
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:288,524 189,143 80.5 47,325 58,427 17.8
Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
