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NUMBER OF HEAD BY CLASSES, BY YEARS. 1972-1983 



Year 



1972. 

 1973. 

 1974. 

 1975. 

 1976. 

 1977. 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981 . 

 1982. 

 1983. 



TOTAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION BY MONTHS. 1972-1983 



Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. TOTAL 



NUMBER OF HEAD SLAUGHTERED BY MONTHS and CLASSES 



Cattle and Calves Hogs and Pigs Sheep and Lambs 



Month 1981 19822/ 1933 1981 1982*/ 1983 1981 1982*'' 1983 



— (000) Head-- --(000) Head-- — (000) Head — 



January 12.2 t 10.1 42.4 ■, 39.3 .3 1 .3 



February 10.6 33.6 8.9 38.5 118.4 35.4 .2 .6 .2 



March 9.4- J 7.0 45.6 J 39.2 .2- -< .3 



April 10.4 1 4.3 46.0 t 39.2 .2 ---, .2 



May 10.9 11.5 6.5 42.3 99.4 31.9 .2 .6 .2 



June 11.6 -f 6.9 42.7 ' 38.3 .2 > .2 



July 11.3- -, 7.3 38.1 -, 34.0 .3 -, .3 



August 6.2 14.4 9.4 35.3 103.0 39.2 .6 1.5 .8 



September 10.6 -I 10.2 47.3 -I 37.4 .6 J .6 



October 11.5 -. 9.3 54.0 1 16.9 .4 1 .5 



November 13.1 32.3 8.7 48.3 119.5 3.0 .3 1.2 .5 



December 14.2 J 6.5 45.7 ' 2.4 .3 J .2 



Total 3/ 134.4 91.8 99.1 526.3 440.3 354.1 3.6 4.2 4.2 



1/ Includes slaughter In Federally Inspected and other slaughter plants but excludes animals 



slaughtered on farms. 

 2/ Quarterly totals only. 

 3/ May not add due to rounding. 



DAIRY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED 



Year 



1972 



1973 



1974 



1975 



1976 



1977 



1978 



1979 



1980 



1981 



1982 



1983 



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