Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 09/06/2003
19/09/2003
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 06/09/2003
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 3,634 486 5,915 1,283 1,129 0 0
Tuesday 132,117 4,324 385,908 11,740 2,978 602 34
Wednesday 136,437 4,293 387,165 12,936 2,777 0 114
Thursday 134,669 3,828 391,462 12,389 2,440 367 89
Friday 135,308 4,448 385,584 11,314 2,175 0 50
Saturday 105,571 7 190,887 47 28 0 0
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Total 647,736 17,386 1,746,921 49,709 11,527 969 287
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%Steers 50.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 32.8 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 5.9
%Cows 15.5 %Stags & Boars 0.3
%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 06/09/2003
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 483.4 Cattle 1,231 750
Steers 810
Heifers 732
Cows 579
Bulls & Stags 893
Calves & Veal 3.1 Calves 298 183
Pork 339.3 Hogs 262 195
Barrows & Gilts 191
Sows 313
Stags & Boars 233
Lamb & Mutton 3.3 Sheep 133 67
Mature Sheep 71
Lambs & Yearlings 67
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Total Meat
Production 829.1
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Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
WA LS713
Washington, D.C. September 17, 2003
U.S. Federally Inspected Slaughter By Region
Week Ended 09/06/2003
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Standard : Cattle : Calves
Federal :-------------------------------------------------------------------
Regions : Total : : : Dairy : Other : Bulls & : Total
1/ : 2/ : Steers : Heifers : Cows : Cows : Stags : 2/
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: 1,000 Head
1 : 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.6
2 : 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 4.3
3 : 20.2 8.8 1.8 7.0 2.1 0.5 3.4
4 : 14.8 0.3 0.1 4.6 7.7 2.2 0.4
5 : 71.2 29.8 9.9 19.0 10.4 2.2 5.7
6 : 124.3 67.7 38.1 2.6 13.3 2.7 0.4
7 : 294.5 158.3 124.9 0.1 10.4 0.8 0.0
8 : 58.8 28.9 26.9 1.0 1.5 0.5
9 : 34.5 17.5 2.8 11.9 1.5 0.7 2.4
10 : 27.9 12.9 7.7 2.8 3.5 1.0 0.2
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U.S. 2/ : 647.7 324.4 212.2 49.9 50.5 10.7 17.4
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Standard : Hogs : Sheep
Federal :-------------------------------------------------------------------
Regions : Total : Barrows : : Stags &: Total : Mature :Lambs &
1/ : 2/ : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : 2/ : Sheep :Yearlings
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: 1,000 Head
1 : 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.3
2 : 2.7 2.7 0.1 0.0 2.2 0.3 1.9
3 : 109.0 108.7 0.3 0.0 2.0 0.2 1.8
4 : 260.4 242.2 17.7 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4
5 : 457.0 436.1 20.3 0.7 6.7 1.3 5.4
6 : 89.0 85.0 4.0 0.0 6.2 0.3 5.9
7 : 702.4 689.1 9.6 3.6 7.5 0.0 7.4
8 : 79.6 77.7 1.9 14.1 0.4 13.7
9 : 39.8 39.8 0.0 0.0 9.8 0.2 9.6
10 : 6.6 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
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U.S. 2/ : 1,746.9 1,688.2 54.0 4.8 49.7 2.9 46.8
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1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA & RI;
2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC & TN;
5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO & NE;
8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR & WA.
2/ Totals may not add due to rounding.
TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 06, 2003
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 647,736
: Steers : 324,419 50.1
: Heifers : 212,179 32.8
: Dairy Cows : 49,892 7.7
: Other Cows : 50,538 7.8
: Bulls : 10,708 1.7
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 17,386
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,746,921
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,688,193 96.6
: Sows : 53,971 3.1
: Stags/Boars : 4,757 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 49,709
: Mature Sheep : 2,923 5.9
: Lambs/Yearlings : 46,786 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 06, 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. : 981 893 51.6 910 664 43.3
Tue. : 66,983 41,126 81.8 10,165 11,500 16.4
Wed. : 66,541 45,779 82.3 10,799 11,017 16.0
Thu. : 69,867 40,939 82.3 10,987 10,491 15.9
Fri. : 67,520 43,315 81.9 11,767 10,422 16.4
Sat. : 52,527 40,127 87.8 5,264 6,444 11.1
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:324,419 212,179 82.8 49,892 50,538 15.5
SOURCE: USDA, NASS
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