Title: Cold-Storage Holdings of Total Meats for United States Series ID: M0507AUSM436NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly, End of Month Units: Millions of Pounds of Meat Date Range: 1917-01-01 to 1946-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 10:50 AM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1917-1946 (2)--Original Data, 1946-1956. Total Meats Include: Pork -- Frozen, Dry Salt-Cured And In The Process Of Cure, Pork Pickled; Beef And Veal -- Cured And In The Process Of Cure; Lamb -- Frozen Lamb And Mutton; And Miscellaneous Meats, Including Lard. Cold Storage Holdings Are Distinctly Seasonal. Figures Represent Storage Holdings On The Last Day Of Each Month. Stocks Of Meat Purchased Under The Emergency Hog-Control Program In 1933 And Meats From Drought-Stricken Livestock Were Purchased By The Federal Surplus Relief Corporation In 1934 And 1935 Are Not Included In The Figures (See Survey Of Current Business, 1938 Supplement.) In June 1944 Veal Cold-Storage Holdings Were Added, And In September 1944 Holdings Of Sausage And Canned Meat And Products Were Added. Plotted Figures For The Sum Of These Items Will Indicate If It Is Necessary To Have Data Sheets Showing The Overlapping Period Including And Excluding These Items. Source: U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Bureau Of Agricultural Economics, "Livestock, Meats, And Wool Market Statistics And Related Data, " 1942 And Following Issues; Also See The Survey Of Current Business, U.S. Department Of Commerce. This NBER data series m05007a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html. NBER Indicator: m05007a DATE VALUE 1917-01-01 962 1917-02-01 1002 1917-03-01 917 1917-04-01 890 1917-05-01 904 1917-06-01 974 1917-07-01 1006 1917-08-01 880 1917-09-01 703 1917-10-01 624 1917-11-01 753 1917-12-01 1036 1918-01-01 1177 1918-02-01 1331 1918-03-01 1445 1918-04-01 1423 1918-05-01 1406 1918-06-01 1257 1918-07-01 1239 1918-08-01 1141 1918-09-01 996 1918-10-01 958 1918-11-01 1020 1918-12-01 1304 1919-01-01 1591 1919-02-01 1562 1919-03-01 1501 1919-04-01 1445 1919-05-01 1367 1919-06-01 1347 1919-07-01 1272 1919-08-01 1149 1919-09-01 1061 1919-10-01 947 1919-11-01 914 1919-12-01 1078 1920-01-01 1284 1920-02-01 1391 1920-03-01 1437 1920-04-01 1394 1920-05-01 1361 1920-06-01 1388 1920-07-01 1307 1920-08-01 1148 1920-09-01 893 1920-10-01 718 1920-11-01 692 1920-12-01 880 1921-01-01 1060 1921-02-01 1256 1921-03-01 1236 1921-04-01 1195 1921-05-01 1199 1921-06-01 1194 1921-07-01 1094 1921-08-01 927 1921-09-01 693 1921-10-01 539 1921-11-01 547 1921-12-01 614 1922-01-01 685 1922-02-01 742 1922-03-01 803 1922-04-01 809 1922-05-01 869 1922-06-01 971 1922-07-01 932 1922-08-01 847 1922-09-01 665 1922-10-01 549 1922-11-01 602 1922-12-01 803 1923-01-01 933 1923-02-01 1017 1923-03-01 1099 1923-04-01 1179 1923-05-01 1130 1923-06-01 1165 1923-07-01 1127 1923-08-01 984 1923-09-01 796 1923-10-01 664 1923-11-01 775 1923-12-01 950 1924-01-01 1042 1924-02-01 1131 1924-03-01 1194 1924-04-01 1166 1924-05-01 1156 1924-06-01 1158 1924-07-01 1080 1924-08-01 950 1924-09-01 757 1924-10-01 567 1924-11-01 634 1924-12-01 947 1925-01-01 1133 1925-02-01 1252 1925-03-01 1192 1925-04-01 1151 1925-05-01 1043 1925-06-01 1024 1925-07-01 936 1925-08-01 810 1925-09-01 633 1925-10-01 524 1925-11-01 544 1925-12-01 658 1926-01-01 760 1926-02-01 822 1926-03-01 846 1926-04-01 813 1926-05-01 784 1926-06-01 826 1926-07-01 901 1926-08-01 877 1926-09-01 725 1926-10-01 595 1926-11-01 578 1926-12-01 692 1927-01-01 820 1927-02-01 900 1927-03-01 972 1927-04-01 993 1927-05-01 1012 1927-06-01 1100 1927-07-01 1124 1927-08-01 1034 1927-09-01 823 1927-10-01 635 1927-11-01 587 1927-12-01 721 1928-01-01 880 1928-02-01 1146 1928-03-01 1298 1928-04-01 1252 1928-05-01 1209 1928-06-01 1228 1928-07-01 1122 1928-08-01 950 1928-09-01 731 1928-10-01 631 1928-11-01 675 1928-12-01 943 1929-01-01 1165 1929-02-01 1302 1929-03-01 1276 1929-04-01 1270 1929-05-01 1196 1929-06-01 1178 1929-07-01 1147 1929-08-01 1027 1929-09-01 886 1929-10-01 732 1929-11-01 730 1929-12-01 902 1930-01-01 972 1930-02-01 1088 1930-03-01 1038 1930-04-01 986 1930-05-01 950 1930-06-01 959 1930-07-01 929 1930-08-01 788 1930-09-01 652 1930-10-01 534 1930-11-01 597 1930-12-01 737 1931-01-01 959 1931-02-01 1092 1931-03-01 1072 1931-04-01 1100 1931-05-01 1062 1931-06-01 1014 1931-07-01 946 1931-08-01 798 1931-09-01 638 1931-10-01 506 1931-11-01 523 1931-12-01 736 1932-01-01 875 1932-02-01 1032 1932-03-01 1011 1932-04-01 1012 1932-05-01 1020 1932-06-01 940 1932-07-01 844 1932-08-01 751 1932-09-01 637 1932-10-01 544 1932-11-01 513 1932-12-01 620 1933-01-01 717 1933-02-01 751 1933-03-01 749 1933-04-01 780 1933-05-01 865 1933-06-01 1049 1933-07-01 1146 1933-08-01 1104 1933-09-01 940 1933-10-01 739 1933-11-01 773 1933-12-01 911 1934-01-01 1048 1934-02-01 1043 1934-03-01 945 1934-04-01 935 1934-05-01 920 1934-06-01 932 1934-07-01 994 1934-08-01 881 1934-09-01 852 1934-10-01 828 1934-11-01 921 1934-12-01 1077 1935-01-01 1021 1935-02-01 981 1935-03-01 913 1935-04-01 813 1935-05-01 717 1935-06-01 641 1935-07-01 540 1935-08-01 478 1935-09-01 422 1935-10-01 402 1935-11-01 448 1935-12-01 563 1936-01-01 698 1936-02-01 689 1936-03-01 675 1936-04-01 669 1936-05-01 650 1936-06-01 641 1936-07-01 665 1936-08-01 671 1936-09-01 625 1936-10-01 638 1936-11-01 828 1936-12-01 1149 1937-01-01 1245 1937-02-01 1282 1937-03-01 1240 1937-04-01 1181 1937-05-01 1030 1937-06-01 898 1937-07-01 736 1937-08-01 582 1937-09-01 440 1937-10-01 394 1937-11-01 447 1937-12-01 583 1938-01-01 797 1938-02-01 838 1938-03-01 789 1938-04-01 729 1938-05-01 671 1938-06-01 642 1938-07-01 601 1938-08-01 548 1938-09-01 459 1938-10-01 413 1938-11-01 484 1938-12-01 671 1939-01-01 791 1939-02-01 784 1939-03-01 758 1939-04-01 758 1939-05-01 761 1939-06-01 749 1939-07-01 699 1939-08-01 573 1939-09-01 478 1939-10-01 452 1939-11-01 562 1939-12-01 808 1940-01-01 977 1940-02-01 1093 1940-03-01 1100 1940-04-01 1031 1940-05-01 1010 1940-06-01 1034 1940-07-01 974 1940-08-01 796 1940-09-01 662 1940-10-01 632 1940-11-01 788 1940-12-01 1164 1941-01-01 1258 1941-02-01 1310 1941-03-01 1282 1941-04-01 1294 1941-05-01 1329 1941-06-01 1233 1941-07-01 1102 1941-08-01 916 1941-09-01 730 1941-10-01 649 1941-11-01 720 1941-12-01 903 1942-01-01 1097 1942-02-01 1098 1942-03-01 1046 1942-04-01 941 1942-05-01 893 1942-06-01 823 1942-07-01 729 1942-08-01 607 1942-09-01 519 1942-10-01 521 1942-11-01 579 1942-12-01 829 1943-01-01 913 1943-02-01 956 1943-03-01 909 1943-04-01 864 1943-05-01 880 1943-06-01 924 1943-07-01 998 1943-08-01 985 1943-09-01 795 1943-10-01 761 1943-11-01 846 1943-12-01 1073 1944-01-01 1314 1944-02-01 1618 1944-03-01 1684 1944-04-01 1706 1944-05-01 1650 1944-06-01 1532 1944-07-01 1250 1944-08-01 969 1944-09-01 784 1944-10-01 646 1944-11-01 618 1944-12-01 675 1945-01-01 699 1945-02-01 656 1945-03-01 614 1945-04-01 621 1945-05-01 673 1945-06-01 767 1945-07-01 790 1945-08-01 696 1945-09-01 559 1945-10-01 491 1945-11-01 556 1945-12-01 687 1946-01-01 772 1946-02-01 791 1946-03-01 750 1946-04-01 691 1946-05-01 619 1946-06-01 496 1946-07-01 488 1946-08-01 389 1946-09-01 258 1946-10-01 297 1946-11-01 442 1946-12-01 623