Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 08/01/2005
21/01/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 01/08/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 115,829 2,904 378,523 10,754 2,161 601 79
Tuesday 112,427 3,781 386,495 7,544 1,647 0 102
Wednesday 97,905 3,192 379,601 9,335 1,860 241 103
Thursday 123,307 2,510 378,876 10,266 2,239 412 151
Friday 108,315 3,148 382,882 6,248 1,345 135 209
Saturday 19,431 1 68,203 57 19 0 0
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Total 577,214 15,536 1,974,580 44,204 9,271 1,389 644
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.6
%Heifers 29.5 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.4
%Cows 17.6 %Stags & Boars 0.2
%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 01/08/2005
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 443.7 Cattle 1,275 773
Steers 823
Heifers 758
Cows 633
Bulls & Stags 934
Calves & Veal 3.0 Calves 326 199
Pork 398.3 Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 310
Stags & Boars 207
Lamb & Mutton 3.2 Sheep 142 72
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 848.2
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 08, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 577,214
: Steers : 295,663 51.2
: Heifers : 170,251 29.5
: Dairy Cows : 52,061 9.0
: Other Cows : 49,817 8.6
: Bulls : 9,422 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,536
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,974,580
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,912,642 96.9
: Sows : 57,438 2.9
: Stags/Boars : 4,500 0.2
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Sheep : TOTAL : 44,204
: Mature Sheep : 1,952 4.4
: Lambs/Yearlings : 42,252 95.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 08, 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. : 64,248 36,839 87.3 5,764 7,733 11.7
Tue. : 56,795 31,517 78.6 11,380 10,719 19.7
Wed. : 47,915 26,868 76.4 11,748 9,501 21.7
Thu. : 63,425 37,861 82.1 10,108 10,083 16.4
Fri. : 53,476 31,488 78.4 11,236 10,172 19.8
Sat. : 9,804 5,678 79.7 1,825 1,609 17.7
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:295,663 170,251 80.7 52,061 49,817 17.6
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
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