Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 12/04/2003
28/04/2003
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 12/04/2003
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 113,114 3,712 367,767 13,705 2,591 268 113
Tuesday 131,460 3,961 378,957 13,950 3,715 189 214
Wednesday 132,791 3,502 375,604 13,083 2,333 229 199
Thursday 130,097 3,199 374,407 14,615 3,054 205 77
Friday 126,868 3,518 375,733 14,012 2,817 83 194
Saturday 16,965 1 29,328 6,994 475 0 54
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Total 651,295 17,893 1,901,796 76,359 14,985 974 851
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 96.8
%Heifers 30.3 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 3.2
%Cows 16.7 %Stags & Boars 0.2
%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 Liveweight and Dressed Weight W/E 12/04/2003
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 475.2 Cattle 1,213 733
Steers 782
Heifers 712
Cows 601
Bulls & Stags 920
Calves & Veal 3.6 Calves 338 207
Pork 379.3 Hogs 269 200
Barrows & Gilts 196
Sows 315
Stags & Boars 240
Lamb & Mutton 5.1 Sheep 132 66
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 66
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Total Meat
Production 863.2
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Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 12, 2003
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 651,295
: Steers : 333,524 51.2
: Heifers : 197,465 30.3
: Dairy Cows : 53,845 8.3
: Other Cows : 55,237 8.5
: Bulls : 11,224 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 17,893
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,901,796
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,834,884 96.5
: Sows : 62,182 3.3
: Stags/Boars : 4,730 0.2
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Sheep : TOTAL : 76,359
: Mature Sheep : 2,460 3.2
: Lambs/Yearlings : 73,899 96.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 12, 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. : 55,943 34,772 80.2 9,302 10,962 17.9
Tue. : 67,463 39,945 81.7 10,948 11,021 16.7
Wed. : 67,477 40,873 81.6 11,421 10,872 16.8
Thu. : 68,421 36,944 81.0 10,430 11,845 17.1
Fri. : 66,532 37,801 82.2 11,048 9,271 16.0
Sat. : 7,688 7,130 87.3 696 1,266 11.6
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:333,524 197,465 81.5 53,845 55,237 16.7
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
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