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Washington D.C.           Thu    Aug 5, 2004              USDA Market News



        Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for  W/E  07/24/2004

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               Cattle    Calves     Hogs       Sheep    Goats   Equine  1/Bison

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                                         Head

 Monday       125,506    3,350    378,317     11,565    2,350     583       129

 Tuesday      129,353    3,353    380,975      7,671    3,046      40        69

 Wednesday    125,970    3,665    375,735     10,702    2,063     192        77

 Thursday     125,435    2,519    379,793     10,670    2,276     287       137

 Friday       124,830    3,239    355,756      6,113    1,620       0       152

 Saturday      14,549        0      8,670         40       21       0         0

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 Total        645,643   16,126  1,879,246     46,761   11,376   1,102       564

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 %Steers         54.1    %Barrows & Gilts  96.5       %Lambs & Yearlings  94.1

 %Heifers        29.0    %Sows              3.3       %Mature Sheep        5.9

 %Cows           15.0    %Stags & Boars     0.3

 %Bulls & Stags   1.9

 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  07/24/2004

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 Production              Species and Class   Liveweight    Dressed Weight

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              Mil. Lbs.                         Lbs.             Lbs.

 Beef           489.6    Cattle                1,243             762

                         Steers                                  812

                         Heifers                                 741

                         Cows                                    606

                         Bulls & Stags                           895



 Calves & Veal    3.1    Calves                  323             196



 Pork           366.7    Hogs                    262             196

                         Barrows & Gilts                         192

                         Sows                                    308

                         Stags & Boars                           226



 Lamb & Mutton    3.0    Sheep                   129              65

                         Mature Sheep                             63

                         Lambs & Yearlings                        65

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 Total Meat

 Production     862.4

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          TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages

                        by Species and Class, U.S.

                   Week Ending  Saturday, July 24, 2004

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                 :                 :     Number of  : Percent 

         Species :    Class        :       Head     : of Total

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         Cattle  : TOTAL           :       645,643

                 : Steers          :       349,448      54.1

                 : Heifers         :       187,471      29.0

                 : Dairy Cows      :        47,695       7.4

                 : Other Cows      :        49,077       7.6

                 : Bulls           :        11,952       1.9

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         Calves  : TOTAL           :        16,126

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         Hogs    : TOTAL           :     1,879,246

                 : Barrows/Gilts   :     1,812,655      96.5

                 : Sows            :        61,357       3.3

                 : Stags/Boars     :         5,234       0.3

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         Sheep   : TOTAL           :        46,761

                 : Mature Sheep    :         2,775       5.9

                 : Lambs/Yearlings :        43,986      94.1

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               Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.

                   Week Ending  Saturday, July 24, 2004

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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.   : 69,201   36,411    84.1     7,893   9,678   14.0

        Tue.   : 69,809   37,669    83.1     9,709   9,962   15.2

        Wed.   : 66,856   37,541    82.9     9,816   9,411   15.3

        Thu.   : 67,990   35,795    82.7     9,374   9,752   15.2

        Fri.   : 68,786   35,448    83.5     9,639   8,741   14.7

        Sat.   :  6,806    4,607    78.4     1,264   1,533   19.2

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        Wkly.  :

        US.Tot.:349,448  187,471    83.2    47,695  49,077   15.0





 Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service