Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 09.01.21
22/01/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 9, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,113 1,065 486,012 7,905 2,824 - 176
Tuesday 118,416 2,261 488,024 7,991 1,646 - 329
Wednesday 117,923 1,991 491,933 5,680 1,359 - 251
Thursday 119,023 1,180 493,864 7,057 2,051 - 243
Friday 118,774 2,034 485,295 5,276 1,433 - 200
Saturday 66,081 6 384,366 70 68 - -
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Total 652,330 8,537 2,829,494 33,979 9,381 - 1,199
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 29.9 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 21.0 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.3
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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, January 9, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 549.1 Cattle 1,401 844
Steers 923
Heifers 851
Cows 649
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 231 133
Pork 627.9 Hogs 297 222
Barrows and gilts 220
Sows 303
Boars 186
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,180.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 9, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 652,330
Steers 311,542 47.8
Heifers 195,146 29.9
Dairy cows 67,493 10.3
Other cows 69,733 10.7
Bulls 8,416 1.3
Calves Total 8,537
Hogs Total 2,829,494
Barrows and gilts 2,752,347 97.3
Sows 70,686 2.5
Boars 6,461 0.2
Sheep Total 33,979
Mature sheep 2,296 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 31,683 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 9, 2021
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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 51,983 36,565 79.0 8,369 14,029 20.0
Tuesday 59,209 32,574 77.5 12,944 12,207 21.2
Wednesday 54,838 36,216 77.2 12,970 12,540 21.6
Thursday 60,075 33,198 78.4 13,229 10,942 20.3
Friday 57,033 35,076 77.5 13,494 11,446 21.0
Saturday 28,404 21,517 75.5 6,487 8,569 22.8
Total 311,542 195,146 77.7 67,493 69,733 21.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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