Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 27/03/2004
14/04/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 112,789 3,673 380,200 13,601 2,236 536 136
Tuesday 129,665 3,769 379,020 13,211 2,572 0 75
Wednesday 112,617 2,880 381,092 12,892 2,146 170 33
Thursday 119,576 1,791 380,244 12,861 2,461 384 188
Friday 122,337 2,604 369,259 11,357 1,671 0 73
Saturday 18,637 160 31,264 7,541 42 0 0
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Total 615,621 14,877 1,921,079 71,463 11,128 1,090 505
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%Steers 50.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 96.1
%Heifers 32.3 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 3.9
%Cows 15.7 %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 27/03/2004
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 449.7 Cattle 1,206 735
Steers 776
Heifers 719
Cows 613
Bulls & Stags 900
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 276 168
Pork 383.1 Hogs 269 200
Barrows & Gilts 196
Sows 312
Stags & Boars 226
Lamb & Mutton 5.3 Sheep 147 74
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 840.6
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Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 27, 2004
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 615,621
: Steers : 309,468 50.3
: Heifers : 198,917 32.3
: Dairy Cows : 47,204 7.7
: Other Cows : 49,380 8.0
: Bulls : 10,652 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 14,877
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,921,079
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,851,817 96.4
: Sows : 63,756 3.3
: Stags/Boars : 5,506 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 71,463
: Mature Sheep : 2,759 3.9
: Lambs/Yearlings : 68,704 96.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 27, 2004
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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. : 58,078 34,301 81.9 8,595 9,622 16.2
Tue. : 65,396 41,656 82.6 9,490 10,962 15.8
Wed. : 52,961 38,116 80.9 9,994 9,509 17.3
Thu. : 61,554 36,229 81.8 9,341 10,122 16.3
Fri. : 63,454 38,518 83.4 9,357 9,086 15.1
Sat. : 8,025 10,097 97.2 427 79 2.7
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:309,468 198,917 82.6 47,204 49,380 15.7
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
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