Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 26/02/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 26/02/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 94,168 2,842 362,507 7,500 969 670 67
Tuesday 119,865 3,600 401,820 10,883 7,129 0 124
Wednesday 119,144 3,576 396,625 11,215 1,805 325 106
Thursday 117,550 3,023 394,257 10,565 1,999 400 129
Friday 104,012 2,249 378,909 9,144 1,256 120 78
Saturday 16,405 2 36,326 4,909 55 0 0
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Total 571,144 15,292 1,970,444 54,216 13,213 1,515 504
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 96.1
%Heifers 33.7 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 3.9
%Cows 16.0 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %Bulls & Stags 1.7
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 Live Weight and Dressed Weight W/E 02/26/2005
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 431.2
Cattle 1,250 759
Steers 802
Heifers 749
Cows 633
Bulls & Stags 899
Calves & Veal 2.9
Calves 321 195
Pork 396.8
Hogs 271 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 308
Stags & Boars 212
Lamb & Mutton 3.9
Sheep 144 72
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 73
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Total Meat
Production 834.8
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 26, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 571,144
: Steers : 277,701 48.6
: Heifers : 192,475 33.7
: Dairy Cows : 44,186 7.7
: Other Cows : 47,141 8.3
: Bulls : 9,641 1.7
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,292
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,970,444
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,903,229 96.6
: Sows : 61,580 3.1
: Stags/Boars : 5,635 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 54,216
: Mature Sheep : 2,130 3.9
: Lambs/Yearlings : 52,086 96.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 26, 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. : 45,345 31,236 81.3 6,382 9,258 16.6
:
Tue. : 58,025 41,321 82.9 9,330 9,427 15.6
:
Wed. : 58,948 39,477 82.6 9,832 9,245 16.0
:
Thu. : 57,187 40,387 83.0 8,178 9,592 15.1
:
Fri. : 49,413 32,863 79.1 10,129 9,546 18.9
:
Sat. : 8,783 7,191 97.4 335 73 2.5
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:277,701 192,475 82.3 44,186 47,141 16.0
Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
