Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 19/03/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 03/19/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 116,118 3,131 378,981 11,748 3,136 802 102
Tuesday 120,094 3,488 378,576 12,600 2,505 0 196
Wednesday 120,382 3,033 377,641 11,927 2,484 364 150
Thursday 118,709 2,823 364,276 12,936 2,327 378 131
Friday 102,755 2,862 342,437 11,710 2,642 220 114
Saturday 13,805 1 92,960 6,421 186 0 0
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Total 591,863 15,338 1,934,871 67,342 13,280 1,764 693
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%Steers 51.1 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 96.9
%Heifers 32.3 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 3.1
%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 19/03/2005
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 444.8
Cattle 1,240 756
Steers 797
Heifers 738
Cows 634
Bulls & Stags 913
Calves & Veal 3.0
Calves 334 202
Pork 390.0
Hogs 271 202
Barrows & Gilts 199
Sows 309
Stags & Boars 217
Lamb & Mutton 4.6
Sheep 137 69
Mature Sheep 69
Lambs & Yearlings 69
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Total Meat
Production 842.4
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 591,863
: Steers : 302,235 51.1
: Heifers : 191,145 32.3
: Dairy Cows : 44,094 7.5
: Other Cows : 44,944 7.6
: Bulls : 9,445 1.6
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 15,338
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,934,871
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,869,461 96.6
: Sows : 59,847 3.1
: Stags/Boars : 5,563 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 67,342
: Mature Sheep : 2,118 3.1
: Lambs/Yearlings : 65,224 96.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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. : 63,054 36,552 85.8 6,079 8,608 12.6
:
Tue. : 63,342 37,890 84.3 9,066 8,235 14.4
:
Wed. : 61,653 38,637 83.3 9,270 9,109 15.3
:
Thu. : 58,341 39,908 82.8 8,235 10,066 15.4
:
Fri. : 48,751 32,528 79.1 10,417 8,925 18.8
:
Sat. : 7,094 5,630 92.2 1,027 1 7.4
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:302,235 191,145 83.4 44,094 44,944 15.0
Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
