Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.10.20
06/11/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 24, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,168 1,239 477,371 8,973 2,981 - 171
Tuesday 122,677 1,852 489,643 7,756 2,167 - 287
Wednesday 119,164 1,809 492,755 6,114 1,402 - 278
Thursday 118,194 1,099 487,327 7,119 2,129 - 251
Friday 103,684 2,018 487,052 5,582 1,694 - 350
Saturday 61,966 6 241,908 27 63 - -
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Total 644,853 8,023 2,676,056 35,571 10,436 - 1,337
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 19.7 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.7
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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 24, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 543.3 Cattle 1,388 844
Steers 931
Heifers 847
Cows 621
Bulls 868
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 256 150
Pork 580.4 Hogs 292 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 302
Boars 189
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 121 61
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 61
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Total meat
production 1,127.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 24, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 644,853
Steers 316,760 49.1
Heifers 189,836 29.4
Dairy cows 58,249 9.0
Other cows 69,029 10.7
Bulls 10,979 1.7
Calves Total 8,023
Hogs Total 2,676,056
Barrows and gilts 2,606,701 97.4
Sows 63,046 2.4
Boars 6,309 0.2
Sheep Total 35,571
Mature sheep 2,133 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 33,438 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 24, 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 60,470 34,514 79.7 8,630 13,534 18.6
Tuesday 59,846 36,770 78.8 10,390 13,511 19.5
Wednesday 55,010 38,004 78.1 11,733 12,743 20.5
Thursday 59,886 33,368 78.9 11,073 11,982 19.5
Friday 52,276 27,040 76.5 11,815 10,544 21.6
Saturday 29,272 20,140 79.7 4,608 6,715 18.3
Total 316,760 189,836 78.6 58,249 69,029 19.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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