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Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 11/16/2002

05/12/2002
      Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 11/16/2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Head Monday 112,673 3,927 351,752 12,195 2,290 298 113 Tuesday 131,440 5,370 391,088 13,767 2,846 178 154 Wednesday 131,540 4,499 387,551 12,808 2,290 95 101 Thursday 130,949 3,785 388,938 13,167 2,494 130 130 Friday 113,295 4,586 386,625 10,522 2,638 0 60 Saturday 35,146 91 122,863 80 54 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 655,043 22,258 2,028,817 62,539 12,612 701 558 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %Steers 46.4 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.3 %Heifers 32.9 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 4.7 %Cows 19.0 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %Bulls & Stags 1.8 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 11/16/2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 495.9 Cattle 1,262 761 Steers 830 Heifers 761 Cows 580 Bulls & Stags 869 Calves & Veal 4.2 Calves 313 192 Pork 401.6 Hogs 268 199 Barrows & Gilts 195 Sows 318 Stags & Boars 236 Lamb & Mutton 4.2 Sheep 133 67 Mature Sheep 63 Lambs & Yearlings 67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Meat Production 905.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages by Species and Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, November 16, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle : TOTAL : 655,043 : Steers : 303,931 46.4 : Heifers : 215,216 32.9 : Dairy Cows : 55,678 8.5 : Other Cows : 68,552 10.5 : Bulls : 11,666 1.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Calves : TOTAL : 22,258 ------------------------------------------------------------ Hogs : TOTAL : 2,028,817 : Barrows/Gilts : 1,957,902 96.5 : Sows : 65,286 3.2 : Stags/Boars : 5,629 0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheep : TOTAL : 62,539 : Mature Sheep : 2,924 4.7 : Lambs/Yearlings : 59,615 95.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, November 16, 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. : 51,623 37,133 78.8 9,378 12,390 19.3 Tue. : 64,925 42,337 81.6 10,456 11,561 16.8 Wed. : 60,789 46,085 81.2 10,370 12,284 17.2 Thu. : 59,839 46,666 81.3 10,298 11,941 17.0 Fri. : 55,455 32,648 77.8 10,979 12,223 20.5 Sat. : 11,300 10,347 61.6 4,197 8,153 35.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- US.Tot.:303,931 215,216 79.3 55,678 68,552 19.0 Source: USDA