Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 11/02/2002
18/11/2002
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 130,819 4,312 393,879 12,632 2,985 255 53
Tuesday 130,436 5,212 398,443 12,505 2,747 149 133
Wednesday 131,414 4,597 394,549 12,499 2,231 70 78
Thursday 129,685 4,432 396,193 12,857 2,660 153 89
Friday 130,419 4,607 386,423 10,272 1,924 44 75
Saturday 40,734 125 179,470 101 31 0 0
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Total 693,507 23,285 2,148,957 60,866 12,578 671 428
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%Steers 46.4 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 33.8 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 5.0
%Cows 18.1 %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 11/02/2002
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 527.6 Cattle 1,267 765
Steers 832
Heifers 763
Cows 581
Bulls & Stags 888
Calves & Veal 4.3 Calves 307 189
Pork 423.7 Hogs 267 198
Barrows & Gilts 194
Sows 315
Stags & Boars 234
Lamb & Mutton 4.1 Sheep 135 67
Mature Sheep 62
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 959.7
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Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 02, 2002
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 693,507
: Steers : 322,045 46.4
: Heifers : 234,463 33.8
: Dairy Cows : 56,166 8.1
: Other Cows : 69,505 10.0
: Bulls : 11,328 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 23,285
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,148,957
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,077,743 96.7
: Sows : 65,622 3.1
: Stags/Boars : 5,592 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 60,866
: Mature Sheep : 3,068 5.0
: Lambs/Yearlings : 57,798 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 02, 2002
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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. : 59,327 47,105 81.4 9,121 13,263 17.1
Tue. : 60,878 44,916 81.1 10,239 12,194 17.2
Wed. : 60,849 45,214 80.7 10,748 12,592 17.8
Thu. : 62,837 43,020 81.6 10,182 11,860 17.0
Fri. : 61,875 43,448 80.8 10,768 12,120 17.5
Sat. : 16,279 10,760 66.4 5,108 7,476 30.9
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:322,045 234,463 80.2 56,166 69,505 18.1
Source: USDA
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