Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.11.20
11/12/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 28, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,439 1,144 500,717 9,644 3,531 - 195
Tuesday 120,941 2,088 496,417 8,410 2,622 - 244
Wednesday 118,513 2,102 490,412 7,415 2,482 - 264
Thursday 404 471 373 30 160 - 38
Friday 111,997 1,529 473,089 3,196 1,833 - 182
Saturday 91,323 27 378,997 29 32 - -
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Total 563,617 7,361 2,340,005 28,724 10,660 - 923
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%Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 98.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 29.5 %Sows 1.8 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 18.7 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.4
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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 28, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 475.5 Cattle 1,395 845
Steers 921
Heifers 850
Cows 633
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 234 135
Pork 511.3 Hogs 293 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 294
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 1.8 Sheep 121 61
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 61
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Total meat
production 989.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 28, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 563,617
Steers 284,041 50.4
Heifers 166,025 29.5
Dairy cows 45,215 8.0
Other cows 60,396 10.7
Bulls 7,940 1.4
Calves Total 7,361
Hogs Total 2,340,005
Barrows and gilts 2,292,202 98.0
Sows 42,739 1.8
Boars 5,064 0.2
Sheep Total 28,724
Mature sheep 1,908 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 26,816 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 28, 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 62,129 32,516 78.6 8,887 14,959 19.8
Tuesday 58,943 36,837 79.2 10,708 12,698 19.4
Wednesday 59,914 32,555 78.0 11,796 12,498 20.5
Thursday 44 - 10.9 103 257 89.1
Friday 56,701 34,635 81.6 9,162 10,257 17.3
Saturday 46,310 29,482 83.0 4,559 9,727 15.6
Total 284,041 166,025 79.9 45,215 60,396 18.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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