Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.12.20
18/12/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 5, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,208 986 496,057 8,771 2,761 - 148
Tuesday 122,499 2,216 488,221 8,120 2,044 - 231
Wednesday 118,828 2,334 490,397 6,003 1,173 - 277
Thursday 120,069 1,471 491,471 6,994 2,040 - 239
Friday 118,426 2,133 490,990 5,994 1,492 - 246
Saturday 71,427 3 329,199 46 74 - -
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Total 669,457 9,143 2,786,335 35,928 9,584 - 1,141
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 20.6 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.5
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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, December 5, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 561.6 Cattle 1,394 841
Steers 922
Heifers 850
Cows 634
Bulls 876
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 222 128
Pork 612.4 Hogs 295 220
Barrows and gilts 218
Sows 299
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 1,177.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 5, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 669,457
Steers 320,138 47.8
Heifers 200,922 30.0
Dairy cows 65,924 9.8
Other cows 72,300 10.8
Bulls 10,173 1.5
Calves Total 9,143
Hogs Total 2,786,335
Barrows and gilts 2,711,421 97.3
Sows 69,026 2.5
Boars 5,888 0.2
Sheep Total 35,928
Mature sheep 2,165 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 33,763 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 5, 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 56,518 37,544 79.6 8,987 13,560 19.1
Tuesday 59,156 37,362 78.8 11,143 13,128 19.8
Wednesday 54,648 37,640 77.7 12,012 13,052 21.1
Thursday 59,881 34,731 78.8 11,788 11,856 19.7
Friday 56,516 35,678 77.8 13,663 10,668 20.5
Saturday 33,419 17,967 71.9 8,331 10,036 25.7
Total 320,138 200,922 77.8 65,924 72,300 20.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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