Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 10.10.20
23/10/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 10, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,494 1,383 484,492 8,942 2,832 - 164
Tuesday 119,575 1,681 489,907 7,524 2,190 - 284
Wednesday 118,918 1,864 490,791 6,078 1,401 - 182
Thursday 117,171 1,118 488,290 6,925 2,403 - 188
Friday 111,792 1,889 485,380 5,235 1,679 - 297
Saturday 53,123 60 289,216 45 105 - -
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Total 637,073 7,995 2,728,076 34,749 10,610 - 1,115
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 19.3 %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, October 10, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 536.4 Cattle 1,388 844
Steers 928
Heifers 846
Cows 624
Bulls 873
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 257 150
Pork 587.7 Hogs 290 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 304
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 120 60
Mature sheep 61
Lambs and yearlings 60
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Total meat
production 1,127.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 10, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 637,073
Steers 312,568 49.1
Heifers 189,977 29.8
Dairy cows 57,206 9.0
Other cows 65,818 10.3
Bulls 11,504 1.8
Calves Total 7,995
Hogs Total 2,728,076
Barrows and gilts 2,659,850 97.5
Sows 61,771 2.3
Boars 6,455 0.2
Sheep Total 34,749
Mature sheep 2,378 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 32,371 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 10, 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 56,295 35,215 78.6 9,338 13,420 19.5
Tuesday 59,096 34,962 78.7 10,937 12,293 19.4
Wednesday 55,848 37,103 78.2 10,790 13,153 20.1
Thursday 61,838 30,617 78.9 10,918 11,665 19.3
Friday 51,898 35,081 77.8 11,952 10,723 20.3
Saturday 27,593 16,999 83.9 3,271 4,564 14.7
Total 312,568 189,977 78.9 57,206 65,818 19.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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