Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 01/01/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 01/01/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 118,774 2,944 361,376 9,598 2,769 642 99
Tuesday 118,707 3,623 390,997 10,021 2,292 0 124
Wednesday 122,299 3,262 400,396 10,612 1,650 356 98
Thursday 122,721 2,478 389,960 9,856 2,249 124 76
Friday 55,467 1,803 239,122 553 977 0 0
Saturday 24 11 334 115 444 0 0
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Total 537,992 14,121 1,782,185 40,755 10,381 1,122 397
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%Steers 50.0 %Barrows & Gilts 97.2 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 32.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 5.5
%Cows 16.0 %Stags & Boars 0.2 %Bulls & Stags 1.2
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 01/01/2005
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs.
Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 412.9
Cattle 1,274 772
Steers 821
Heifers 764
Cows 618
Bulls & Stags 944
Calves & Veal 2.7
Calves 314 192
Pork 357.5
Hogs 269 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 311
Stags & Boars 194
Lamb & Mutton 2.9
Sheep 142 71
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 71
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Total Meat
Production 776.0
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 01, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 537,992
: Steers : 269,162 50.0
: Heifers : 176,242 32.8
: Dairy Cows : 42,714 7.9
: Other Cows : 43,394 8.1
: Bulls : 6,480 1.2
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Calves : TOTAL : 14,121
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,782,185
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,732,164 97.2
: Sows : 46,512 2.6
: Stags/Boars : 3,509 0.2
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Sheep : TOTAL : 40,755
: Mature Sheep : 2,250 5.5
: Lambs/Yearlings : 38,505 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 01, 2005
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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. : 63,975 38,050 85.9 5,431 10,006 13.0
Tue. : 56,244 42,630 83.3 9,507 9,049 15.6
Wed. : 60,970 40,013 82.6 10,495 9,432 16.3
Thu. : 60,829 39,896 82.1 10,543 9,755 16.5
Fri. : 27,123 15,650 77.1 6,738 5,152 21.4
Sat. : 21 3 100.0
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:269,162 176,242 82.8 42,714 43,394 16.0
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
