Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 16.01.21
29/01/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 16, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,443 1,147 498,137 9,680 2,828 - 163
Tuesday 115,951 2,065 500,444 7,469 2,297 - 288
Wednesday 117,876 1,820 494,247 5,519 1,273 - 276
Thursday 121,576 910 484,273 7,454 2,165 - 232
Friday 114,865 1,959 378,744 5,922 1,433 - 252
Saturday 65,168 68 287,912 40 45 - -
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Total 651,879 7,969 2,643,757 36,084 10,041 - 1,211
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 20.5 %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, January 16, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 550.8 Cattle 1,403 847
Steers 925
Heifers 850
Cows 656
Bulls 884
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 248 144
Pork 583.1 Hogs 295 221
Barrows and gilts 219
Sows 301
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,137.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 16, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 651,879
Steers 311,588 47.8
Heifers 196,964 30.2
Dairy cows 67,440 10.3
Other cows 66,358 10.2
Bulls 9,529 1.5
Calves Total 7,969
Hogs Total 2,643,757
Barrows and gilts 2,569,916 97.2
Sows 67,774 2.6
Boars 6,067 0.2
Sheep Total 36,084
Mature sheep 2,457 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 33,627 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 16, 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 55,379 35,934 78.4 9,884 13,515 20.1
Tuesday 55,065 35,613 78.2 11,974 11,715 20.4
Wednesday 55,861 36,179 78.1 12,596 11,618 20.5
Thursday 61,213 34,824 79.0 13,003 10,844 19.6
Friday 52,088 36,918 77.5 13,550 10,684 21.1
Saturday 31,982 17,496 75.9 6,433 7,982 22.1
Total 311,588 196,964 78.0 67,440 66,358 20.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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