Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 14.11.20
27/11/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 14, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,197 1,099 491,488 9,289 3,106 - 206
Tuesday 121,091 2,013 491,258 8,801 1,845 - 253
Wednesday 113,968 2,017 453,934 4,346 882 - 260
Thursday 120,094 1,385 485,546 7,828 2,676 - 241
Friday 120,050 2,081 479,616 6,347 1,782 - 264
Saturday 63,547 6 278,944 1,129 73 - -
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Total 656,947 8,601 2,680,786 37,740 10,364 - 1,224
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%Steers 48.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 29.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.1
%Cows 20.4 %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 14, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 552.5 Cattle 1,391 843
Steers 930
Heifers 846
Cows 625
Bulls 867
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 232 135
Pork 587.0 Hogs 294 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 300
Boars 186
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 124 62
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 1,143.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 14, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 656,947
Steers 320,387 48.8
Heifers 192,178 29.3
Dairy cows 58,739 8.9
Other cows 75,189 11.4
Bulls 10,454 1.6
Calves Total 8,601
Hogs Total 2,680,786
Barrows and gilts 2,609,592 97.3
Sows 66,102 2.5
Boars 5,092 0.2
Sheep Total 37,740
Mature sheep 1,909 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 35,831 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 14, 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 57,163 36,886 79.6 7,999 14,174 18.8
Tuesday 59,987 34,681 78.2 10,789 13,648 20.2
Wednesday 53,607 34,352 77.2 11,240 13,127 21.4
Thursday 64,538 29,621 78.4 12,044 12,087 20.1
Friday 58,206 36,362 78.8 12,065 11,709 19.8
Saturday 26,886 20,276 74.2 4,602 10,444 23.7
Total 320,387 192,178 78.0 58,739 75,189 20.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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