Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 07/05/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 05/07/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 111,746 2,921 375,842 9,243 2,750 756 76
Tuesday 126,186 2,906 376,776 10,041 1,993 0 100
Wednesday 124,578 2,966 374,158 10,681 1,983 468 120
Thursday 117,840 2,204 371,745 9,884 1,924 584 149
Friday 124,044 2,496 350,362 8,032 1,259 206 79
Saturday 49,534 0 8,896 29 35 0 0
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Total 653,928 13,493 1,857,779 47,910 9,944 2,014 524
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%Steers 54.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.4 %Lambs & Yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 3.2 %Mature Sheep 5.9
%Cows 13.3 %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 Live Weight and Dressed Weight W/E 05/07/2005
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 485.7
Cattle 1,222 747
Steers 788
Heifers 718
Cows 624
Bulls & Stags 920
Calves & Veal 3.0
Calves 375 230
Pork 373.5
Hogs 271 202
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 312
Stags & Boars 211
Lamb & Mutton 3.5
Sheep 148 74
Mature Sheep 70
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 865.7
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 07, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 653,928
: Steers : 354,789 54.3
: Heifers : 202,138 30.9
: Dairy Cows : 40,590 6.2
: Other Cows : 46,509 7.1
: Bulls : 9,902 1.5
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 13,493
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,857,779
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,791,676 96.4
: Sows : 60,221 3.2
: Stags/Boars : 5,882 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 47,910
: Mature Sheep : 2,805 5.9
: Lambs/Yearlings : 45,105 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 07, 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. : 64,635 33,984 88.3 5,028 6,728 10.5
:
Tue. : 63,647 41,126 83.0 9,197 9,804 15.1
:
Wed. : 68,723 35,521 83.7 8,346 9,999 14.7
:
Thu. : 61,910 34,630 81.9 8,822 10,329 16.3
:
Fri. : 67,431 36,164 83.5 8,826 9,645 14.9
:
Sat. : 28,443 20,713 99.2 371 4 0.8
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:354,789 202,138 85.2 40,590 46,509 13.3
Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
