Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 12/03/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 117,132 2,697 387,083 11,642 2,488 744 184
Tuesday 121,207 3,525 385,182 11,694 2,241 0 160
Wednesday 117,686 2,975 381,404 11,077 1,797 376 204
Thursday 120,903 2,037 372,851 11,099 1,749 460 131
Friday 111,511 2,778 359,964 10,094 1,586 177 146
Saturday 8,272 0 33,147 6,888 102 0 0
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Total 596,711 14,012 1,919,631 62,494 9,963 1,757 825
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%Steers 49.4 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.9
%Heifers 34.0 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 4.1
%Cows 15.0 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %Bulls & Stags 1.6
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 03/12/2005
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 450.8
Cattle 1,246 760
Steers 803
Heifers 743
Cows 637
Bulls & Stags 913
Calves & Veal 2.7
Calves 325 197
Pork 387.4
Hogs 271 203
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 315
Stags & Boars 205
Lamb & Mutton 4.5
Sheep 143 72
Mature Sheep 68
Lambs & Yearlings 72
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Total Meat
Production 845.4
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 12, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 596,711
: Steers : 294,869 49.4
: Heifers : 203,105 34.0
: Dairy Cows : 44,991 7.5
: Other Cows : 44,273 7.4
: Bulls : 9,473 1.6
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 14,012
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,919,631
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,854,942 96.6
: Sows : 59,825 3.1
: Stags/Boars : 4,864 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 62,494
: Mature Sheep : 2,568 4.1
: Lambs/Yearlings : 59,926 95.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 12, 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. : 56,446 42,884 84.8 7,224 8,799 13.7
:
Tue. : 62,115 38,885 83.3 9,450 8,818 15.1
:
Wed. : 59,860 37,530 82.8 9,460 9,023 15.7
:
Thu. : 59,074 41,566 83.2 8,952 9,170 15.0
:
Fri. : 52,981 38,366 81.9 9,904 8,459 16.5
:
Sat. : 4,393 3,874 99.9 1 4 0.1
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:294,869 203,105 83.5 44,991 44,273 15.0
Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
