74 



COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 



NUMBER OF HEAD BY CLASSES & YEARS - 1978-1987 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 

 1982. 



1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 

 1987. 



TOTAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION BY MONTHS - 1978-1987 1/ 



Year 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



July 



— Millions of Pounds- 



Auq . Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



TOTAL 



1978 13 



1979 12 



1980 16 



1981 14 



1982 2/ 



1983 13 



1984 5 



1985 6 



1986 2 



1987 1 



13 

 18 

 17 

 16 



13 

 17 

 15 

 16 

 38 



5 

 10 

 2 

 1 

 2 



1/ 



Includes slaughter in Federally inspected and other slaughter plants but excludes animals 

 slaughtered on farms. 2/ Quarterly totals only. 



11 

 14 

 16 

 15 



146 

 162 

 183 

 169 

 126 



118 

 63 

 29 



21 

 18 



NUMBER OF HEAD SLAUGHTERED BY MONTHS and CLASSES 



Cattle and Calves 



Month 



January . . . 

 February. . 

 March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. . . . 

 September . 



October. . . 

 November . . 

 December . . 



Total 1/.. 



1985 



1986 



1987 



•(000) Head- 



Hogs and Pigs 



1985 



Sheep and Lambs 



1986 



1987 



■(000) Head-- 



40.2 



28.4 



22.4 



31.9 



28.5 



27.2 



3.0 



2.9 



2.9 



1/ May not add due to rounding. 



DAIRY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED 



Cheese 



Creamery 

 Butter 



American 

 Cheddar 



Cottage 



Cheese 



Creamed 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 

 1982. 



1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 

 1987. 



1,947 

 1,796 

 1,938 

 2,082 

 2,191 



1,907 

 1,768 

 1,794 

 1,843 

 1,533 



-(000) Pounds- 



2,675 



1,574 

 2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 



2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 



3,895 

 4,962 

 5,200 

 5,635 

 5,578 



6,155 

 6,511 

 4,287 

 3,858 

 3,646 



Ice 

 Cream 



1,731 

 1,794 

 1,963 

 1,908 

 1,833 



1,931 

 1,984 

 1,895 

 1,882 

 1,511 



"Mellorine 

 Type" 

 Frozen 

 Desserts 



80 



58 

 2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 



2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 



2/ 



1/ Includes low fat ice cream. 2/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual plant operations. 



