Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 26.09.20
09/10/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 26, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,752 1,094 478,812 8,604 2,667 - 176
Tuesday 121,701 1,575 486,323 7,644 2,028 - 246
Wednesday 121,328 1,732 485,641 7,148 1,562 - 249
Thursday 122,133 1,052 469,559 7,295 2,363 - 159
Friday 112,785 1,590 461,935 5,186 1,588 - 298
Saturday 58,803 1 223,513 49 72 - -
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Total 654,502 7,044 2,605,783 35,926 10,280 - 1,128
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%Steers 51.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.3
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.7
%Cows 18.8 %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, September 26, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 551.5 Cattle 1,388 845
Steers 924
Heifers 838
Cows 632
Bulls 893
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 268 156
Pork 555.0 Hogs 287 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 307
Boars 188
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 117 59
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 59
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Total meat
production 1,109.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 26, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 654,502
Steers 333,578 51.0
Heifers 186,331 28.5
Dairy cows 58,830 9.0
Other cows 63,988 9.8
Bulls 11,775 1.8
Calves Total 7,044
Hogs Total 2,605,783
Barrows and gilts 2,534,642 97.3
Sows 65,277 2.5
Boars 5,864 0.2
Sheep Total 35,926
Mature sheep 2,405 6.7
Lambs and yearlings 33,521 93.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 26, 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 59,849 33,781 79.5 8,955 12,830 18.5
Tuesday 60,773 35,062 78.7 11,798 11,546 19.2
Wednesday 61,212 33,387 78.0 11,707 12,905 20.3
Thursday 63,446 33,164 79.1 11,361 11,873 19.0
Friday 56,207 31,290 77.6 12,512 10,668 20.6
Saturday 32,091 19,647 88.0 2,497 4,166 11.3
Total 333,578 186,331 79.4 58,830 63,988 18.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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