Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 27/11/2004
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,847 3,358 398,006 12,235 3,092 641 74
Tuesday 120,457 3,564 397,229 12,536 2,763 0 128
Wednesday 116,211 3,660 390,489 10,562 2,402 624 58
Thursday 10 262 292 2 6 0 0
Friday 92,942 2,752 389,360 10,122 1,987 117 8
Saturday 10,821 0 290,346 1,278 26 82 0
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Total 468,288 13,596 1,865,722 46,735 10,276 1,464 268
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & Gilts 97.1 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 32.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature Sheep 5.5
%Cows 17.1 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %Bulls & Stags 1.5
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 11/27/2004
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 357.3
Cattle 1,274 767
Steers 822
Heifers 757
Cows 618
Bulls & Stags 876
Calves & Veal 2.7
Calves 330 203
Pork 375.2
Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 312
Stags & Boars 200
Lamb & Mutton 3.3
Sheep 140 70
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 738.5
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 27, 2004
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 468,288
: Steers : 229,834 49.1
: Heifers : 151,340 32.3
: Dairy Cows : 34,721 7.4
: Other Cows : 45,352 9.7
: Bulls : 7,041 1.5
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 13,596
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,865,722
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,811,616 97.1
: Sows : 48,386 2.6
: Stags/Boars : 5,720 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 46,735
: Mature Sheep : 2,572 5.5
: Lambs/Yearlings : 44,163 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 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. : 65,519 39,836 82.4 7,479 13,060 16.1
:
Tue. : 55,940 41,529 80.9 9,415 11,622 17.5
:
Wed. : 55,401 38,410 80.7 9,963 10,719 17.8
:
Thu. : 10 100.0
:
Fri. : 48,256 27,244 81.2 6,529 9,542 17.3
:
Sat. : 4,708 4,321 83.4 1,335 409 16.1
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:229,834 151,340 81.4 34,721 45,352 17.1
