Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 31.10.20
13/11/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 31, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,747 959 486,627 8,555 3,338 - 156
Tuesday 119,119 1,947 497,655 8,370 1,896 - 290
Wednesday 116,850 1,864 488,004 5,704 1,810 - 259
Thursday 111,168 1,396 485,249 6,380 1,914 - 242
Friday 115,212 2,063 487,189 6,659 1,986 - 285
Saturday 61,427 5 248,894 1,051 48 - -
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Total 639,523 8,234 2,693,618 36,719 10,992 - 1,232
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%Steers 49.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 28.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 20.2 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.6
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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 31, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 537.4 Cattle 1,392 842
Steers 926
Heifers 848
Cows 626
Bulls 858
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 237 137
Pork 586.0 Hogs 293 218
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 303
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 123 62
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 1,126.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 31, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 639,523
Steers 317,059 49.6
Heifers 182,785 28.6
Dairy cows 57,781 9.0
Other cows 71,520 11.2
Bulls 10,378 1.6
Calves Total 8,234
Hogs Total 2,693,618
Barrows and gilts 2,620,627 97.3
Sows 67,166 2.5
Boars 5,825 0.2
Sheep Total 36,719
Mature sheep 2,136 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 34,583 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 31, 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 58,015 33,631 79.2 8,595 13,482 19.1
Tuesday 60,322 33,039 78.4 11,022 12,898 20.1
Wednesday 56,964 32,990 77.0 11,135 13,834 21.4
Thursday 52,970 32,412 76.8 11,120 12,864 21.6
Friday 58,565 31,757 78.4 11,318 11,713 20.0
Saturday 30,223 18,956 80.1 4,591 6,729 18.4
Total 317,059 182,785 78.2 57,781 71,520 20.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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