Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 13/11/2004
Washington D.C. Fri Nov 26, 2004 USDA
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 13/11/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 120,075 3,603 394,235 11,431 3,106 630 175
Tuesday 124,964 3,422 399,280 11,997 3,136 0 184
Wednesday 120,307 2,949 379,719 12,404 3,518 400 202
Thursday 107,616 1,920 357,650 10,445 1,835 379 70
Friday 115,472 3,459 385,569 8,481 2,292 161 88
Saturday 14,540 1 102,874 143 329 70 1
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Total 602,974 15,354 2,019,327 54,901 14,216 1,640 720
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%Steers 47.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 32.7 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 5.5
%Cows 18.2 %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 11/13/
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 461.9
Cattle 1,269 770
Steers 831
Heifers 767
Cows 605
Bulls & Stags 871
Calves & Veal 3.1
Calves 339 209
Pork 406.0
Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 315
Stags & Boars 213
Lamb & Mutton 3.7
Sheep 134 68
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 68
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Total Meat
Production 874.7
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 13, 2004
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 602,974
: Steers : 285,380 47.3
: Heifers : 197,312 32.7
: Dairy Cows : 46,834 7.8
: Other Cows : 63,177 10.5
: Bulls : 10,271 1.7
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,354
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,019,327
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,950,086 96.6
: Sows : 63,766 3.2
: Stags/Boars : 5,475 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 54,901
: Mature Sheep : 2,998 5.5
: Lambs/Yearlings : 51,903 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 13, 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. : 59,844 39,246 82.5 6,794 12,309 15.9
Tue. : 58,723 41,626 80.3 9,669 12,809 18.0
Wed. : 59,000 38,960 81.4 9,471 11,024 17.0
Thu. : 48,127 36,100 78.3 8,799 12,617 19.9
Fri. : 55,137 35,900 78.8 10,322 12,156 19.5
Sat. : 4,549 5,480 69.0 1,779 2,262 27.8
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:285,380 197,312 80.1 46,834 63,177 18.2
