Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 22.08.20
04/09/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 22, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,507 1,331 484,513 8,608 2,644 - 170
Tuesday 118,763 1,815 480,678 6,689 1,816 - 265
Wednesday 118,348 1,759 477,324 6,348 1,395 - 308
Thursday 119,799 1,160 477,652 7,331 1,922 - 173
Friday 115,547 1,696 477,423 6,346 1,641 - 264
Saturday 65,654 6 227,073 1,264 60 - 49
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Total 650,618 7,767 2,624,663 36,586 9,478 - 1,229
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%Steers 49.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 22, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 542.5 Cattle 1,368 836
Steers 910
Heifers 833
Cows 626
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 252 147
Pork 553.4 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 304
Boars 186
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,099.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 22, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 650,618
Steers 320,322 49.2
Heifers 203,017 31.2
Dairy cows 54,585 8.4
Other cows 60,600 9.3
Bulls 12,094 1.9
Calves Total 7,767
Hogs Total 2,624,663
Barrows and gilts 2,550,840 97.2
Sows 66,952 2.6
Boars 6,871 0.3
Sheep Total 36,586
Mature sheep 2,432 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 34,154 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 22, 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 55,559 35,146 80.6 7,872 11,610 17.3
Tuesday 60,821 33,818 79.7 10,274 11,352 18.2
Wednesday 56,139 36,673 78.4 11,443 12,086 19.9
Thursday 58,201 37,558 79.9 10,928 10,721 18.1
Friday 57,088 35,932 80.5 10,912 9,650 17.8
Saturday 32,514 23,890 85.9 3,156 5,181 12.7
Total 320,322 203,017 80.4 54,585 60,600 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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