Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 07/27/2002
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 07/27/2002
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 130,804 4,057 361,948 12,077 3,011 209 139
Tuesday 131,433 4,774 360,291 10,326 2,385 167 142
Wednesday 134,134 4,291 359,209 11,778 1,736 144 149
Thursday 131,136 3,378 367,346 11,306 2,419 186 117
Friday 134,448 4,060 360,304 8,934 1,697 0 95
Saturday 38,498 0 1,143 54 27 0 0
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Total 700,453 20,560 1,810,241 54,475 11,275 706 642
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%Steers 52.2 %Barrows & Gilts 95.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 31.1 %Sows 3.8 %Mature Sheep 4.7
%Cows 15.1 %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 Liveweight and Dressed Weight W/E 07/27/2002
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Production Species and Class Liveweight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 537.0 Cattle 1,254 771
Steers 833
Heifers 749
Cows 584
Bulls & Stags 922
Calves & Veal 3.5 Calves 281 172
Pork 348.6 Hogs 260 193
Barrows & Gilts 188
Sows 316
Stags & Boars 245
Lamb & Mutton 3.5 Sheep 127 64
Mature Sheep 63
Lambs & Yearlings 64
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Total Meat
Production 892.6
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TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages
by Species and Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 27, 2002
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 700,453
: Steers : 365,743 52.2
: Heifers : 218,003 31.1
: Dairy Cows : 47,615 6.8
: Other Cows : 58,045 8.3
: Bulls : 11,047 1.6
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Calves : TOTAL : 20,560
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Hogs : TOTAL : 1,810,241
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,735,960 95.9
: Sows : 68,678 3.8
: Stags/Boars : 5,603 0.3
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Sheep : TOTAL : 54,475
: Mature Sheep : 2,555 4.7
: Lambs/Yearlings : 51,920 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 27, 2002
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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. : 69,775 39,356 83.4 7,950 11,508 14.9
Tue. : 72,153 37,218 83.2 9,714 10,511 15.4
Wed. : 69,291 41,212 82.4 10,222 11,267 16.0
Thu. : 65,321 42,294 82.1 9,005 12,088 16.1
Fri. : 66,853 44,008 82.5 9,937 11,386 15.9
Sat. : 22,350 13,915 94.2 787 1,285 5.4
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Wkly. :
US.Tot.:365,743 218,003 83.3 47,615 58,045 15.1
Source: USDA
