Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 03.10.20
16/10/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 3, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,999 1,453 490,072 8,188 2,776 - 170
Tuesday 118,152 1,109 490,335 8,065 1,907 - 314
Wednesday 121,581 2,023 466,620 6,582 1,580 - 206
Thursday 120,410 1,649 484,615 6,728 2,141 - 216
Friday 117,923 1,869 466,832 4,933 1,681 - 292
Saturday 69,712 7 213,823 67 93 - -
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Total 663,777 8,110 2,612,297 34,563 10,178 - 1,198
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%Steers 49.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 29.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 19.1 %Boars 0.2
%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, October 3, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 558.4 Cattle 1,386 843
Steers 924
Heifers 843
Cows 626
Bulls 885
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 264 154
Pork 560.4 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 306
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 120 60
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 60
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Total meat
production 1,122.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 3, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 663,777
Steers 329,776 49.7
Heifers 194,768 29.3
Dairy cows 57,802 8.7
Other cows 68,963 10.4
Bulls 12,468 1.9
Calves Total 8,110
Hogs Total 2,612,297
Barrows and gilts 2,540,380 97.2
Sows 65,892 2.5
Boars 6,025 0.2
Sheep Total 34,563
Mature sheep 2,270 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 32,293 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 3, 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 60,168 32,133 79.6 8,279 13,004 18.3
Tuesday 58,959 34,499 79.1 9,882 12,451 18.9
Wednesday 57,877 36,709 77.8 11,771 13,248 20.6
Thursday 61,323 33,818 79.0 11,445 11,706 19.2
Friday 58,528 34,739 79.1 11,622 11,020 19.2
Saturday 32,921 22,870 80.0 4,803 7,534 17.7
Total 329,776 194,768 79.0 57,802 68,963 19.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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