Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 23/04/2005
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 04/23/2005
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Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 112,602 3,191 382,788 10,164 2,575 654 73
Tuesday 122,483 3,010 388,382 10,765 2,156 109 108
Wednesday 117,350 3,551 388,747 10,069 1,605 440 114
Thursday 117,868 2,145 387,233 10,774 2,414 495 138
Friday 105,003 2,830 380,818 9,977 1,354 65 75
Saturday 25,138 0 41,492 3,078 47 0 0
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Total 600,444 14,727 1,969,460 54,827 10,151 1,763 508
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%Steers 54.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.6 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 3.1 %Mature Sheep 5.0
%Cows 14.0 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %Bulls & Stags 1.7
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 04/23/2005
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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