Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 19/02/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 19/02/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 118,120 3,135 401,692 10,855 2,857 733 98
Tuesday 116,091 3,249 402,356 10,422 1,967 0 109
Wednesday 117,879 3,474 400,446 11,508 2,291 342 178
Thursday 117,234 2,267 399,177 9,913 2,043 334 124
Friday 98,335 2,745 384,640 8,999 1,358 132 148
Saturday 3,322 2 84,048 1,652 50 0 0
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Total 570,981 14,872 2,072,359 53,349 10,566 1,541 657
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 32.4 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 4.5
%Cows 16.8 %Stags & Boars 0.2 %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 02/19/2005
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 432.1
Cattle 1,256 761
Steers 807
Heifers 748
Cows 635
Bulls & Stags 911
Calves & Veal 2.9
Calves 328 199
Pork 417.8
Hogs 271 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 308
Stags & Boars 214
Lamb & Mutton 3.8
Sheep 143 72
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 856.6
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 19, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 570,981
: Steers : 280,098 49.1
: Heifers : 185,138 32.4
: Dairy Cows : 46,917 8.2
: Other Cows : 48,939 8.6
: Bulls : 9,889 1.7
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,872
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,072,359
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,008,026 96.9
: Sows : 59,560 2.9
: Stags/Boars : 4,773 0.2
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 53,349
: Mature Sheep : 2,393 4.5
: Lambs/Yearlings : 50,956 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 19, 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. : 57,645 39,943 82.6 7,879 10,601 15.6
:
Tue. : 59,407 37,542 83.5 9,237 8,280 15.1
:
Wed. : 57,095 39,834 82.2 9,635 9,587 16.3
:
Thu. : 58,088 37,439 81.5 9,167 10,164 16.5
:
Fri. : 46,071 29,385 76.7 10,570 10,239 21.2
:
Sat. : 1,792 995 83.9 429 68 15.0
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:280,098 185,138 81.5 46,917 48,939 16.8
