Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 04/12/2004
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 12/04/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 104,127 2,921 392,812 10,849 2,513 614 167
Tuesday 119,762 4,165 399,826 10,749 1,932 0 76
Wednesday 119,016 3,619 402,063 10,634 2,746 523 98
Thursday 118,084 2,310 403,153 10,671 1,987 389 119
Friday 110,643 3,506 389,859 8,371 1,339 160 187
Saturday 16,458 0 106,849 785 51 99 2
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Total 588,090 16,521 2,094,562 52,059 10,568 1,785 649
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%Steers 47.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 33.1 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 4.5
%Cows 18.2 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %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 12/04/2004
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 446.3
Cattle 1,272 763
Steers 817
Heifers 760
Cows 617
Bulls & Stags 883
Calves & Veal 3.3
Calves 329 202
Pork 423.8
Hogs 272 203
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 312
Stags & Boars 210
Lamb & Mutton 3.7
Sheep 142 71
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 877.1
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 04, 2004
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 588,090
: Steers : 276,803 47.1
: Heifers : 194,625 33.1
: Dairy Cows : 51,512 8.8
: Other Cows : 55,627 9.5
: Bulls : 9,523 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,521
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,094,562
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,019,131 96.4
: Sows : 69,543 3.3
: Stags/Boars : 5,888 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 52,059
: Mature Sheep : 2,318 4.5
: Lambs/Yearlings : 49,741 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 04, 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. : 50,407 34,772 81.8 6,172 11,236 16.7
Tue. : 56,359 41,224 81.5 10,849 9,509 17.0
Wed. : 56,713 39,262 80.6 11,263 10,104 18.0
Thu. : 53,889 39,862 79.4 10,220 11,957 18.8
Fri. : 53,035 32,830 77.6 11,591 11,026 20.4
Sat. : 6,400 6,675 79.4 1,417 1,795 19.5
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:276,803 194,625 80.2 51,512 55,627 18.2
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
