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U.S. COLD STORAGE STOCKS
Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on October 31, 1997, were greater than year earlier levels for concentrated orange juice, meat, turkey, potatoes, and fruit. Cooler stocks of pears and peanuts were higher than a year earlier.
Total red meat supplies in freezers increased 2 percent from September and were up 14 percent from October 1996. Frozen pork stocks were 4 percent above last month and were up 8 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were up 29 percent from last month, but were 11 percent below a year ago.
Total frozen poultry supplies decreased 1 percent from last month, but were 6 percent above last year. Total stocks of chicken increased 4 percent during the month, but were 1 percent below 1996. Total pounds of turkey in freezers decreased 4 percent from last month, but were up 12 percent from last year's level.
Public cooler occupancy was at 50 percent of capacity, up 5 points from a year ago. Public freezer occupancy at 70 percent was the same as last month and 3 points above the year earlier level.
Stocks In Cold Storage
The U.S. Agriculture Department reported stocks in cold storage on October 31, 1997, with comparisons as follows, in thousand pounds:
10/31/96 9/30/97 10/31/97 Frozen Beef Boneless 266,251 319,614 318,343 Beef Cuts 29,692 29,406 33,382 Total Frozen Beef 295,943 349,020 351,725 (Gov't owned) 5,386 4,562 4,206 Frozen Pork Picnics, bone-in 7,094 11,930 13,786 Hams, total 80,412 101,278 88,724 Bone-in 53,844 59,928 50,206 Boneless 26,568 41,350 38,518 Bellies 16,206 11,154 14,360 Loins, total 13,059 15,316 17,557 Bone-in 6,776 6,482 7,664 Boneless 6,283 8,834 9,893 Ribs 40,654 31,240 39,505 Butts 5,403 4,463 6,906 Trimmings 30,632 41,099 44,663 Other 79,440 72,757 80,349 Variety Meats 41,570 45,590 42,754 Unclassified 18,877 12,587 12,783 Total 333,347 347,414 361,387 (Gov't owned) 922 649 1,273 Other Veal 6,774 5,876 6,529 Lamb & Mutton 10,494 16,116 16,934 Total Other 17,268 21,992 23,463 Canned Canned Hams 8,032 8,457 8,768 Other Canned Meats 882 1,994 1,073 Total Canned 8,914 10,451 9,841 Total Meats 655,472 728,877 746,416 Frozen Poultry Chickens Broilers (whole) 30,479 24,994 24,973 Hens 10,403 10,662 8,052 Other Chicken 550,576 522,301 549,945 Total Chicken 591,458 557,957 582,970 Turkeys Whole 455,696 530,883 488,865 Other 202,599 240,572 248,658 Total Turkeys 658,295 771,455 737,523 Ducks 2,160 2,848 2,462 Frozen Poultry Total 1,251,913 1,332,260 1,322,955
November 21, 1997 NASS, USDA
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