Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 18/12/2004
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 18/12/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 125,079 3,640 405,378 11,878 2,593 665 90
Tuesday 110,506 3,874 405,343 11,564 3,825 0 44
Wednesday 122,056 3,532 405,183 12,048 2,070 561 135
Thursday 119,740 2,568 411,088 11,010 2,912 399 90
Friday 118,453 3,478 410,064 9,541 1,398 84 87
Saturday 22,360 0 221,206 1,297 115 0 1
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Total 618,194 17,092 2,258,262 57,338 12,913 1,709 447
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%Steers 47.9 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.7
%Heifers 32.9 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 4.3
%Cows 17.7 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %Bulls & Stags 1.5
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 18/12/2004
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 470.5
Cattle 1,268 765
Steers 820
Heifers 756
Cows 625
Bulls & Stags 865
Calves & Veal 3.4
Calves 333 204
Pork 452.6
Hogs 269 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 316
Stags & Boars 228
Lamb & Mutton 4.1
Sheep 140 71
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 930.6
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 18, 2004
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 618,194
: Steers : 296,024 47.9
: Heifers : 203,580 32.9
: Dairy Cows : 54,379 8.8
: Other Cows : 54,861 8.9
: Bulls : 9,350 1.5
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 17,092
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,258,262
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,183,422 96.7
: Sows : 68,334 3.0
: Stags/Boars : 6,506 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 57,338
: Mature Sheep : 2,466 4.3
: Lambs/Yearlings : 54,872 95.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 18, 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. : 60,833 41,257 81.6 9,000 12,037 16.8
Tue. : 48,654 38,309 78.7 10,463 11,309 19.7
Wed. : 60,875 38,421 81.4 10,915 10,217 17.3
Thu. : 59,034 37,777 80.9 10,829 10,232 17.6
Fri. : 56,974 37,337 79.6 11,777 10,302 18.6
Sat. : 9,654 10,479 90.0 1,395 764 9.7
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:296,024 203,580 80.8 54,379 54,861 17.7
