Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 08.08.20
21/08/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,424 1,270 425,729 6,796 1,751 - 172
Tuesday 115,831 1,893 465,000 6,178 1,324 - 253
Wednesday 117,932 2,155 478,117 6,314 1,901 - 289
Thursday 118,230 1,182 480,433 6,327 1,677 - 170
Friday 109,063 1,857 475,752 5,992 1,611 - 326
Saturday 59,488 5 234,181 1,436 80 - -
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Total 632,968 8,362 2,559,212 33,043 8,344 - 1,210
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%Steers 49.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.5
%Cows 17.5 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.6
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- Represents zero.
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not req
inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally Inspected plants
Inspected, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 526.2 Cattle 1,361 833
Steers 906
Heifers 832
Cows 622
Bulls 885
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 239 139
Pork 540.4 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 306
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,069.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 632,968
Steers 315,951 49.9
Heifers 196,299 31.0
Dairy cows 52,956 8.4
Other cows 57,813 9.1
Bulls 9,949 1.6
Calves Total 8,362
Hogs Total 2,559,212
Barrows and gilts 2,487,862 97.2
Sows 65,872 2.6
Boars 5,478 0.2
Sheep Total 33,043
Mature sheep 2,146 6.5
Lambs and yearlings 30,897 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 8, 2020
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Number of head slaughtered
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Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
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Monday 54,181 35,156 79.5 8,534 12,534 18.7
Tuesday 55,411 36,541 79.4 10,690 11,250 18.9
Wednesday 56,315 37,217 79.3 10,953 11,598 19.1
Thursday 61,390 33,018 79.9 10,785 10,993 18.4
Friday 55,908 31,386 80.0 10,583 9,238 18.2
Saturday 32,746 22,981 93.7 1,411 2,200 6.1
Total 315,951 196,299 80.9 52,956 57,813 17.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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