Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 15/03/2003
28/03/2003
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 15/03/2003
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 116,097 3,950 379,131 12,558 2,236 307 246
Tuesday 133,413 4,537 377,817 12,228 2,711 195 265
Wednesday 132,814 4,234 377,085 12,030 2,523 134 235
Thursday 132,427 3,796 379,259 13,211 2,089 237 191
Friday 119,785 3,889 374,932 9,625 1,782 0 111
Saturday 21,537 1 14,090 1,111 41 0 25
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Total 656,073 20,407 1,902,314 60,763 11,382 873 1,073
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%Steers 48.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.9
%Heifers 31.5 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 4.1
%Cows 18.5 %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 15/03/2003
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 486.4 Cattle 1,238 745
Steers 799
Heifers 739
Cows 596
Bulls & Stags 923
Calves & Veal 3.9 Calves 318 194
Pork 378.5 Hogs 268 200
Barrows & Gilts 196
Sows 315
Stags & Boars 235
Lamb & Mutton 4.2 Sheep 138 69
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 873.0
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 15, 2003
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 656,073
: Steers : 315,879 48.1
: Heifers : 206,949 31.5
: Dairy Cows : 61,145 9.3
: Other Cows : 60,144 9.2
: Bulls : 11,956 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 20,407
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,902,314
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,834,984 96.5
: Sows : 61,855 3.3
: Stags/Boars : 5,475 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 60,763
: Mature Sheep : 2,477 4.1
: Lambs/Yearlings : 58,286 95.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 15, 2003
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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. : 55,034 36,891 79.2 10,417 11,467 18.8
Tue. : 64,604 43,494 81.0 11,437 11,630 17.3
Wed. : 65,957 41,244 80.7 11,907 11,216 17.4
Thu. : 61,275 45,206 80.4 11,315 12,443 17.9
Fri. : 60,786 33,333 78.6 12,281 11,110 19.5
Sat. : 8,223 6,781 69.7 3,788 2,278 28.2
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:315,879 206,949 79.7 61,145 60,144 18.5
Source: USDA, NASS
Washington, DC 202-720-7316
Http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/wa_ls711.txt
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