Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 25/12/2004
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 12/25/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 122,990 3,352 403,841 11,923 3,497 715 108
Tuesday 121,584 3,600 404,125 10,515 3,193 0 119
Wednesday 119,862 3,816 399,755 11,650 3,555 509 98
Thursday 120,730 2,479 373,494 10,269 2,417 0 53
Friday 10,318 1,920 127,504 231 345 162 0
Saturday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total 495,484 15,167 1,708,719 44,588 13,007 1,386 378
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%Steers 50.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 5.9
%Cows 17.4 %Stags & Boars 0.3
%Bulls & Stags 1.4
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 25/25/2004
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs.
Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 379.7
Cattle 1,272 771
Steers 821
Heifers 762
Cows 630
Bulls & Stags 882
Calves & Veal 3.0
Calves 332 202
Pork 340.9
Hogs 268 200
Barrows & Gilts 197
Sows 306
Stags & Boars 208
Lamb & Mutton 3.1
Sheep 139 70
Mature Sheep 64
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 726.7
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 25, 2004
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 495,484
: Steers : 249,176 50.3
: Heifers : 153,335 30.9
: Dairy Cows : 41,835 8.4
: Other Cows : 44,170 8.9
: Bulls : 6,968 1.4
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,167
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,708,719
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,654,447 96.8
: Sows : 49,309 2.9
: Stags/Boars : 4,963 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 44,588
: Mature Sheep : 2,623 5.9
: Lambs/Yearlings : 41,965 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 25, 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. : 63,047 37,791 82.0 8,140 12,036 16.4
Tue. : 62,543 37,739 82.5 9,982 9,676 16.2
Wed. : 61,178 37,141 82.0 10,692 9,379 16.7
Thu. : 60,282 38,934 82.2 9,657 10,266 16.5
Fri. : 2,126 1,730 37.4 3,364 2,813 59.9
Sat. :
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:249,176 153,335 81.2 41,835 44,170 17.4
