Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 07.11.20
20/11/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,259 1,085 492,477 8,682 3,078 - 167
Tuesday 122,087 1,599 491,136 8,560 1,907 - 293
Wednesday 119,912 2,216 486,848 5,771 1,270 - 279
Thursday 119,738 1,558 486,185 8,114 2,246 - 214
Friday 110,572 2,113 485,706 6,120 1,628 - 321
Saturday 59,196 - 255,229 922 71 - 5
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Total 651,764 8,571 2,697,581 38,169 10,200 - 1,279
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%Steers 48.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 20.0 %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, November 7, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 547.2 Cattle 1,392 841
Steers 924
Heifers 846
Cows 631
Bulls 855
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 236 136
Pork 588.0 Hogs 293 218
Barrows and gilts 216
Sows 299
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 122 61
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 61
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Total meat
production 1,138.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 651,764
Steers 315,283 48.4
Heifers 195,422 30.0
Dairy cows 57,766 8.9
Other cows 72,890 11.2
Bulls 10,403 1.6
Calves Total 8,571
Hogs Total 2,697,581
Barrows and gilts 2,625,067 97.3
Sows 66,842 2.5
Boars 5,672 0.2
Sheep Total 38,169
Mature sheep 2,041 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 36,128 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 7, 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 57,622 37,560 79.1 9,083 14,109 19.3
Tuesday 60,034 35,853 78.5 10,716 13,321 19.7
Wednesday 58,857 34,124 77.5 11,149 13,775 20.8
Thursday 58,773 35,111 78.4 11,645 12,456 20.1
Friday 51,982 32,674 76.6 12,133 11,901 21.7
Saturday 28,015 20,100 81.3 3,040 7,328 17.5
Total 315,283 195,422 78.4 57,766 72,890 20.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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