Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 21.11.20
04/12/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 21, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,200 1,093 479,877 9,708 3,024 - 161
Tuesday 119,924 1,877 495,632 8,538 2,063 - 342
Wednesday 117,481 2,218 492,834 6,441 1,713 - 358
Thursday 119,612 1,247 487,238 7,719 2,356 - 266
Friday 115,841 2,420 487,045 6,124 1,840 - 270
Saturday 73,134 5 284,043 107 77 - 55
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Total 666,192 8,860 2,726,669 38,637 11,073 - 1,452
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%Steers 47.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 19.9 %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 21, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 557.7 Cattle 1,387 839
Steers 923
Heifers 847
Cows 623
Bulls 860
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 249 144
Pork 596.0 Hogs 294 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 303
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 124 62
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 1,157.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 21, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 666,192
Steers 316,058 47.4
Heifers 206,830 31.0
Dairy cows 58,675 8.8
Other cows 74,118 11.1
Bulls 10,511 1.6
Calves Total 8,860
Hogs Total 2,726,669
Barrows and gilts 2,657,517 97.5
Sows 62,800 2.3
Boars 6,352 0.2
Sheep Total 38,637
Mature sheep 1,990 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 36,647 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 21, 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 55,659 39,877 79.5 8,321 14,489 19.0
Tuesday 56,250 38,329 78.9 10,632 12,774 19.5
Wednesday 53,130 37,000 76.7 11,700 14,007 21.9
Thursday 59,454 34,793 78.8 11,359 12,002 19.5
Friday 57,408 34,152 79.0 10,954 11,568 19.4
Saturday 34,157 22,679 77.7 5,709 9,278 20.5
Total 316,058 206,830 78.5 58,675 74,118 19.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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