Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 04/06/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 06/04/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 2,456 703 2,518 450 892 0 0
Tuesday 119,852 3,250 391,904 11,025 2,788 344 91
Wednesday 123,085 3,080 389,370 10,320 1,955 128 162
Thursday 122,452 2,297 388,986 10,172 1,804 684 113
Friday 124,202 2,511 390,799 8,658 1,912 244 77
Saturday 75,627 0 89,272 42 33 46 0
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Total 567,674 11,841 1,652,849 40,667 9,384 1,446 443
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%Steers 55.2 %Barrows & Gilts 96.5 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 3.3 %Mature Sheep 6.8
%Cows 13.1 %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 06/04/2005
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 429.4
Cattle 1,243 761
Steers 805
Heifers 730
Cows 623
Bulls & Stags 921
Calves & Veal 2.6
Calves 363 224
Pork 332.3
Hogs 270 202
Barrows & Gilts 198
Sows 310
Stags & Boars 200
Lamb & Mutton 2.9
Sheep 140 70
Mature Sheep 70
Lambs & Yearlings 70
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Total Meat
Production 767.2
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 04, 2005
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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: :
Cattle : TOTAL : 567,674
: Steers : 313,596 55.2
: Heifers : 171,646 30.2
: Dairy Cows : 33,278 5.9
: Other Cows : 40,810 7.2
: Bulls : 8,344 1.5
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: :
Calves : TOTAL : 11,841
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: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 1,652,849
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,594,242 96.5
: Sows : 54,003 3.3
: Stags/Boars : 4,604 0.3
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: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 40,667
: Mature Sheep : 2,771 6.8
: Lambs/Yearlings : 37,896 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 04, 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. : 1,800 529 94.8 94 18 4.6
:
Tue. : 64,477 36,022 83.9 6,439 10,880 14.5
:
Wed. : 66,001 36,407 83.2 8,894 9,757 15.2
:
Thu. : 69,280 33,586 84.0 7,999 9,588 14.4
:
Fri. : 67,182 36,281 83.3 9,017 9,668 15.0
:
Sat. : 44,856 28,821 97.4 835 899 2.3
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:313,596 171,646 85.5 33,278 40,810 13.1
Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
