Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 29.08.20
11/09/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 29, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,863 1,172 469,991 8,430 2,687 - 174
Tuesday 119,239 1,802 483,128 6,614 1,804 - 287
Wednesday 117,255 1,833 480,330 6,442 1,526 - 232
Thursday 119,899 1,064 473,879 6,481 1,725 - 189
Friday 115,463 1,679 477,520 5,608 1,573 - 311
Saturday 66,021 3 267,664 889 48 - -
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Total 653,740 7,553 2,652,512 34,464 9,363 - 1,193
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%Steers 51.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 17.5 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.8
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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 29, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 548.7 Cattle 1,374 841
Steers 916
Heifers 834
Cows 627
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 246 143
Pork 556.4 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 303
Boars 185
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 126 64
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,108.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 29, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 653,740
Steers 334,120 51.1
Heifers 193,319 29.6
Dairy cows 54,124 8.3
Other cows 60,336 9.2
Bulls 11,841 1.8
Calves Total 7,553
Hogs Total 2,652,512
Barrows and gilts 2,582,244 97.4
Sows 65,084 2.5
Boars 5,184 0.2
Sheep Total 34,464
Mature sheep 2,100 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 32,364 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 29, 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 60,032 33,527 80.7 8,010 12,006 17.3
Tuesday 61,747 33,961 80.3 10,689 10,742 18.0
Wednesday 59,722 33,917 79.9 10,681 10,904 18.4
Thursday 60,545 35,281 79.9 10,773 10,978 18.1
Friday 60,903 31,510 80.0 11,023 9,828 18.1
Saturday 31,171 25,123 85.3 2,948 5,878 13.4
Total 334,120 193,319 80.7 54,124 60,336 17.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MOShare this story:
