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Year 



1977. 

 1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 



1982. 

 1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 



COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 



NUMBER OF HEAD BY CLASSES & YEARS — 1977 - 1986 



Cattle and Calves Hogs and Pigs 



Sheep and Lambs 



Year 



Jan . 



Feb. 



TOTAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION BY MONTHS ~ 1977 - 1986 1/ 



Mar. 



Apr . 



May June July Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



— Millions of Pounds-- 



Nov. 



TOTAL 



1977 16 



1978 13 



1979 12 



1980 16 



1981 14 



1982 2/ .. I 



1983 13 



1984 5 



1985 6 



1986 2 



13 

 12 

 10 

 15 

 13 



39 



11 



4 



3 



1 



16 

 11 

 11 

 13 

 14 



I 

 11 

 2 

 2 

 1 



14 

 10 

 10 

 15 

 14 



I 



10 

 3 

 2 

 2 



13 

 12 

 14 

 15 

 13 



I 



10 

 4 

 2 

 2 



14 

 14 

 16 

 15 

 11 



25 



12 



6 



2 



2 



14 

 13 

 15 

 15 

 15 



I 

 12 

 6 

 2 

 2 



15 

 13 

 18 

 17 

 16 



14 

 13 

 17 

 15 

 16 



38 

 5 



10 

 2 

 1 



13 169 

 11 146 



14 162 

 16 183 



15 169 



1 126 

 5 118 

 7 63 



2 29 

 2 21 



Month 



January. . . 

 February. . 

 March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . . 

 September. 



October . . . 

 November . . 

 December. . 



Total 3/. . 



NUMBER OF HEAD SLAUGHTERED BY MONTHS and CLASSES 



Cattle and Calves Hogs and Pigs 



1984 



1985 



1986 



8.0 

 5.4 

 3.1 



4.4 

 6.3 

 6.6 



6.9 

 7.9 

 7.7 



— (000) Head- 



9.7 

 4.8 

 2.1 



9 

 15 



11.6 



92.6 



2.3 

 2.7 

 2.5 



2.6 



2.4 

 1.7 

 1.9 



2.3 

 2.3 

 2.2 



2.6 

 2.6 

 3.2 



1984 



1985 



1986 



— (000) Head-- 



2.4 

 2.1 

 2.4 



2.2 

 2.4 



2.3 



2, 



7, 



11. 



40.2 



28.4 



17.6 



13.0 



4.8 



70.5 



2.6 

 2.2 

 2.4 



2.8 

 2.5 

 2.3 



31.9 



2.5 

 2.0 

 2.4 



2.4 

 2.4 

 2.3 



2.4 

 2.5 

 2.5 



2.6 

 2.0 

 2.4 



28.5 



Sheep and Lambs 



1984 



1985 



1986 



.2 

 .2 

 .3 



.2 

 .3 

 .2 



.4 

 .7 

 .4 



.4 

 .3 

 .3 



4.0 



•(000) Head— 



.2 

 .2 

 .1 



.2 



.2 

 .2 



.3 

 .5 

 .4 



.4 

 .2 

 .1 



3.0 



.2 

 .1 

 .1 



.1 

 .1 

 .1 



.3 

 .6 

 .4 



.4 

 .2 

 .2 



2.9 



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 



Cheese 



Year 



1977. 

 1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 



1982. 

 1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 



Cottage 

 Creamery American Cheese 

 Butter Cheddar Creamed 



-(000) Pounds- 



2,019 

 1 ,947 

 1 ,796 

 1 ,938 

 2,082 



2,191 

 1,907 

 1,768 

 1,794 

 1 ,843 



Ice 

 Cream 



Ice 

 Milk 1/ 



Sherbet 



"Mellorine 

 Type" 

 Frozen 

 Desserts 



— (000) Gallons- 



1,575 1,331 83 



1,731 1,496 86 



1,794 1,300 81 



1,963 1,063 82 



1,908 963 71 



1,833 1,057 82 



1,931 1,070 91 



1,984 1,017 88 



1,895 1,368 102 



1,882 1,301 86 



90 



80 



58 

 2/ 

 2/ 



2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 

 2/ 



1/ Includes low fat ice cream. 



2/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual plant operations. 



