Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 20/11/2004
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 20/11/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 113,455 3,470 404,338 10,905 2,510 629 213
Tuesday 121,889 3,597 402,194 10,015 2,396 0 188
Wednesday 117,258 2,991 404,914 10,767 1,642 437 148
Thursday 122,005 2,305 404,709 10,884 1,580 337 112
Friday 116,854 3,569 398,914 8,184 1,696 136 235
Saturday 11,099 0 105,396 34 44 109 0
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Total 602,560 15,932 2,120,465 50,789 9,868 1,648 896
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.8
%Heifers 31.6 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 4.2
%Cows 17.6 %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 20/11/2004
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 463.4 Cattle 1,276 773
Steers 832
Heifers 765
Cows 614
Bulls & Stags 869
Calves & Veal 3.2
Calves 337 208
Pork 426.9
Hogs 271 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 313
Stags & Boars 206
Lamb & Mutton 3.6
Sheep 139 70
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 897.1
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 20, 2004
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 602,560
: Steers : 295,894 49.1
: Heifers : 190,510 31.6
: Dairy Cows : 45,943 7.6
: Other Cows : 60,199 10.0
: Bulls : 10,014 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,932
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,120,465
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,048,961 96.6
: Sows : 66,164 3.1
: Stags/Boars : 5,340 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 50,789
: Mature Sheep : 2,139 4.2
: Lambs/Yearlings : 48,650 95.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 20, 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. : 52,959 38,203 80.4 6,931 13,509 18.0
Tue. : 60,249 38,539 81.0 9,347 11,759 17.3
Wed. : 55,409 39,371 80.8 9,441 11,160 17.6
Thu. : 63,794 35,088 81.0 9,085 11,929 17.2
Fri. : 55,609 37,435 79.6 10,388 11,345 18.6
Sat. : 7,874 1,874 87.8 751 497 11.2
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:295,894 190,510 80.7 45,943 60,199 17.6
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Servic
