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U.S. COLD STORAGE STOCKS
Frozen food stocks in refrigerated warehouses on August 31, 1997, were greater than year earlier levels for butter, concentrated orange juice, potatoes, meat, fruit, vegetables, and turkey. Cooler stocks of peanuts, apples, natural cheese, and pears were higher than a year earlier.
Total red meat supplies in freezers increased 1 percent from July and were up 12 percent from August 1996. Frozen pork stocks were 4 percent below last month, but were up 16 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were down 45 percent from last month and were 3 percent below a year ago.
Total frozen poultry supplies decreased 5 percent from last month and were 3 percent below last year's level. Total stocks of chicken decreased 15 percent during the month and were 8 percent below 1996. Total pounds of turkey in freezers increased 3 percent from last month and were up 2 percent from last year.
Public cooler occupancy was at 47 percent of capacity, down 2 points from a year ago. Public freezer occupancy at 64 percent was down 1 point from last month, but unchanged from the year earlier level.
Stocks In Cold Storage
The U.S. Agriculture Department reported stocks in cold storage on August 31, 1997, with comparisons as follows, in thousand pounds:
8/31/96 7/31/97 8/31/97 Frozen Beef Boneless 276,039 274,418 295,064 Beef Cuts 29,162 28,268 30,419 Total Frozen Beef 305,201 302,686 325,483 (Gov't owned) 6,524 3,432 4,233 Frozen Pork Picnics, bone-in 5,972 8,890 9,600 Hams, total 83,437 113,205 115,570 Bone-in 53,163 65,752 64,311 Boneless 30,274 47,453 51,259 Bellies 18,996 33,657 18,347 Loins, total 12,771 16,724 14,669 Bone-in 6,460 8,966 7,416 Boneless 6,311 7,758 7,253 Ribs 29,014 29,902 23,620 Butts 3,918 4,833 4,133 Trimmings 33,976 45,855 42,848 Other 83,743 78,271 82,790 Variety Meats 35,383 43,867 49,815 Unclassified 15,657 12,530 11,561 Total 322,867 387,734 372,953 (Gov't owned) 1,024 528 318 Other Veal 6,938 5,045 5,159 Lamb & Mutton 14,645 18,535 19,607 Total Other 21,583 23,580 24,766 Canned Canned Hams 7,201 9,696 9,347 Other Canned Meats 580 1,567 1,861 Total Canned 7,781 11,263 11,208 Total Meats 657,432 725,263 734,410 Frozen Poultry Chickens Broilers (whole) 33,635 26,402 29,057 Hens 15,766 10,254 7,900 Other Chicken 566,619 629,410 529,038 Total Chicken 616,020 666,066 565,995 Turkeys Whole 492,666 439,485 477,011 Other 230,520 274,326 261,598 Total Turkeys 723,186 713,811 738,609 Ducks 1,987 2,801 2,277 Frozen Poultry Total 1,341,193 1,382,678 1,306,881
September 19, 1997NASS, USDA
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