Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 05/02/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 05/02/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 116,365 3,696 398,043 11,024 2,442 671 115
Tuesday 116,116 3,450 397,127 7,577 2,234 0 165
Wednesday 115,026 2,830 397,388 10,495 1,715 368 240
Thursday 118,255 2,389 396,703 10,732 1,757 366 176
Friday 109,404 3,144 380,310 7,722 892 123 51
Saturday 4,656 0 11,810 851 405 0 0
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Total 579,822 15,509 1,981,381 48,401 9,445 1,528 747
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%Steers 49.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 31.9 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 5.2
%Cows 17.0 %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 Live Weight and Dressed Weight W/E 02/05/2005
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 440.4
Cattle 1,263 764
Steers 810
Heifers 751
Cows 634
Bulls & Stags 924
Calves & Veal 3.0
Calves 326 199
Pork 397.5
Hogs 270 201
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 306
Stags & Boars 209
Lamb & Mutton 3.5
Sheep 141 71
Mature Sheep 66
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 844.4
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 05, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 579,822
: Steers : 285,738 49.3
: Heifers : 185,202 31.9
: Dairy Cows : 49,111 8.5
: Other Cows : 49,742 8.6
: Bulls : 10,029 1.7
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Calves : TOTAL : 15,509
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,981,381
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,914,500 96.6
: Sows : 60,838 3.1
: Stags/Boars : 6,043 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 48,401
: Mature Sheep : 2,526 5.2
: Lambs/Yearlings : 45,875 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 05, 2005
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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. : 59,117 37,248 82.8 7,236 10,717 15.4
:
Tue. : 57,428 37,876 82.1 9,584 9,470 16.4
:
Wed. : 59,705 32,768 80.4 10,251 10,215 17.8
:
Thu. : 57,353 38,865 81.4 10,237 9,872 17.0
:
Fri. : 50,262 36,758 79.5 11,148 9,127 18.5
:
Sat. : 1,873 1,687 76.5 655 341 21.4
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:285,738 185,202 81.2 49,111 49,742 17.0
Source: USDA Market News/NASS Washington, DC
