HQ_LS110 St. Joseph, MO Thu Feb 24, 2005 USDA Market News ***Beginning March 3, 2005, slug number WA_LS711 will no longer exist. It will be replaced by SJ_LS711.*** Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 02/12/2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Head Monday 115,874 3,475 392,227 10,832 2,830 677 133 Tuesday 114,855 3,105 391,412 8,142 1,767 0 152 Wednesday 114,417 3,419 396,043 11,027 2,015 339 117 Thursday 115,371 2,257 397,262 10,620 1,841 382 190 Friday 112,950 2,696 384,378 8,357 1,137 79 123 Saturday 2,773 0 59,331 37 45 0 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 576,240 14,952 2,020,653 49,015 9,635 1,477 716 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %Steers 49.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.8 %Lambs & Yearlings 95.0 %Heifers 32.8 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 5.0 %Cows 16.2 %Stags & Boars 0.3 %Bulls & Stags 1.8 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 02/12/2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Beef 437.4 Cattle 1,261 763 Steers 810 Heifers 748 Cows 634 Bulls & Stags 912 Calves & Veal 2.9 Calves 331 201 Pork 406.8 Hogs 270 202 Barrows & Gilts 199 Sows 308 Stags & Boars 214 Lamb & Mutton 3.5 Sheep 139 71 Mature Sheep 68 Lambs & Yearlings 71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Meat Production 850.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE C: Federally Inspected Slaughter Percentages by Species and Class, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 12, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number of : Percent Species : Class : Head : of Total ------------------------------------------------------------ : : Cattle : TOTAL : 576,240 : Steers : 283,805 49.3 : Heifers : 188,835 32.8 : Dairy Cows : 46,164 8.0 : Other Cows : 47,230 8.2 : Bulls : 10,206 1.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ : : Calves : TOTAL : 14,952 ------------------------------------------------------------ : : Hogs : TOTAL : 2,020,653 : Barrows/Gilts : 1,956,587 96.8 : Sows : 58,612 2.9 : Stags/Boars : 5,454 0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ : : Sheep : TOTAL : 49,015 : Mature Sheep : 2,445 5.0 : Lambs/Yearlings : 46,570 95.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 12, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head Slaughtered :----------------------------------------------------- Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of Week : Steers : Heifers : Day Cat: Cows : Cows : Day Cat ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mon. : 58,579 38,658 83.9 7,305 9,319 14.3 : Tue. : 59,092 35,948 82.7 9,315 8,841 15.8 : Wed. : 54,752 37,988 81.1 9,900 9,570 17.0 : Thu. : 57,109 37,777 82.2 9,135 9,403 16.1 : Fri. : 53,331 37,685 80.6 9,890 9,729 17.4 : Sat. : 942 779 62.1 619 368 35.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wkly. : US.Tot.:283,805 188,835 82.0 46,164 47,230 16.2 Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO 816-238-0678 e-mail: stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/hq_ls110.txt .