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Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 03/08/2002

16/08/2002
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 08/03/2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Head Monday 132,505 3,915 362,855 11,888 2,693 245 59 Tuesday 131,700 4,548 364,817 11,494 2,495 173 108 Wednesday 130,132 4,271 361,100 12,351 2,334 147 88 Thursday 130,679 3,277 369,623 10,202 2,324 133 68 Friday 130,286 4,524 357,787 9,190 1,478 0 20 Saturday 53,234 0 513 60 45 0 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 708,536 20,535 1,816,695 55,185 11,369 698 344 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %Steers 53.9 %Barrows & Gilts 96.0 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.9 %Heifers 29.6 %Sows 3.7 %Mature Sheep 5.1 %Cows 14.9 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %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 08/03/2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 545.4 Cattle 1,259 774 Steers 835 Heifers 749 Cows 582 Bulls & Stags 917 Calves & Veal 3.6 Calves 290 178 Pork 348.7 Hogs 259 193 Barrows & Gilts 188 Sows 314 Stags & Boars 234 Lamb & Mutton 3.5 Sheep 128 64 Mature Sheep 61 Lambs & Yearlings 64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Meat Production 901.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages by Species and Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 03, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle : TOTAL : 708,536 : Steers : 381,812 53.9 : Heifers : 209,737 29.6 : Dairy Cows : 48,374 6.8 : Other Cows : 57,285 8.1 : Bulls : 11,328 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Calves : TOTAL : 20,535 ------------------------------------------------------------ Hogs : TOTAL : 1,816,695 : Barrows/Gilts : 1,744,703 96.0 : Sows : 66,396 3.7 : Stags/Boars : 5,596 0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheep : TOTAL : 55,185 : Mature Sheep : 2,832 5.1 : Lambs/Yearlings : 52,353 94.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 03, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head Slaughtered :----------------------------------------------------- Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of Week : Steers : Heifers : Day Cat: Cows : Cows : Day Cat ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mon. : 71,063 39,094 83.1 8,412 11,621 15.1 Tue. : 72,961 35,362 82.2 9,761 11,314 16.0 Wed. : 71,711 36,545 83.2 9,277 10,564 15.2 Thu. : 67,457 39,012 81.5 10,122 11,722 16.7 Fri. : 69,062 38,086 82.2 10,161 10,797 16.1 Sat. : 29,558 21,638 96.2 641 1,267 3.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wkly. : US.Tot.:381,812 209,737 83.5 48,374 57,285 14.9 Source: USDA