Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 26/03/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 03/26/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 100,281 3,115 379,882 14,154 3,685 723 180
Tuesday 117,750 3,581 385,454 11,921 3,346 0 104
Wednesday 115,166 2,693 393,623 11,141 2,721 521 310
Thursday 117,675 2,733 392,226 10,021 2,456 387 114
Friday 105,041 2,364 356,496 7,559 1,702 183 29
Saturday 10,634 0 40,964 792 19 0 0
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Total 566,547 14,486 1,948,645 55,588 13,929 1,814 737
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%Steers 52.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.8
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 3.0 %Mature Sheep 4.2
%Cows 15.2 %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 26/03/2005
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 423.0
Cattle 1,233 751
Steers 792
Heifers 731
Cows 630
Bulls & Stags 902
Calves & Veal 2.8
Calves 328 200
Pork 392.6
Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 310
Stags & Boars 207
Lamb & Mutton 3.8
Sheep 136 68
Mature Sheep 67
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 822.2
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 26, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 566,547
: Steers : 295,756 52.2
: Heifers : 175,017 30.9
: Dairy Cows : 42,365 7.5
: Other Cows : 43,898 7.7
: Bulls : 9,511 1.7
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,486
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,948,645
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,884,691 96.7
: Sows : 58,365 3.0
: Stags/Boars : 5,589 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 55,588
: Mature Sheep : 2,348 4.2
: Lambs/Yearlings : 53,240 95.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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. : 50,237 33,850 83.9 5,983 8,703 14.6
:
Tue. : 59,733 38,651 83.6 9,006 8,494 14.9
:
Wed. : 61,910 33,212 82.6 9,297 8,925 15.8
:
Thu. : 64,836 32,787 83.0 8,556 9,114 15.0
:
Fri. : 52,774 32,154 80.9 9,523 8,658 17.3
:
Sat. : 6,266 4,363 100.0 4
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:295,756 175,017 83.1 42,365 43,898 15.2
Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
