Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 23.01.21
05/02/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,444 875 421,512 3,956 1,277 - 165
Tuesday 118,723 2,162 496,825 8,350 2,784 - 354
Wednesday 121,484 1,414 499,753 7,287 1,423 - 316
Thursday 122,136 1,577 498,354 7,638 1,776 - 271
Friday 120,337 1,596 486,140 5,464 1,726 - 255
Saturday 68,290 2 314,922 926 52 - -
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Total 662,414 7,626 2,717,506 33,621 9,038 - 1,361
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 29.5 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 20.7 %Boars 0.3
%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 23, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 560.5 Cattle 1,405 848
Steers 926
Heifers 851
Cows 659
Bulls 885
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 251 146
Pork 597.8 Hogs 295 220
Barrows and gilts 218
Sows 299
Boars 181
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,161.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 662,414
Steers 319,245 48.2
Heifers 195,741 29.5
Dairy cows 67,904 10.3
Other cows 69,363 10.5
Bulls 10,161 1.5
Calves Total 7,626
Hogs Total 2,717,506
Barrows and gilts 2,644,204 97.3
Sows 65,433 2.4
Boars 7,869 0.3
Sheep Total 33,621
Mature sheep 2,144 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 31,477 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 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 52,301 34,509 77.9 9,868 13,089 20.6
Tuesday 57,313 36,314 78.9 11,594 11,713 19.6
Wednesday 59,661 34,293 77.3 13,032 12,657 21.1
Thursday 61,088 33,638 77.6 13,321 12,347 21.0
Friday 55,898 38,311 78.3 12,971 11,248 20.1
Saturday 32,984 18,676 75.6 7,118 8,309 22.6
Total 319,245 195,741 77.7 67,904 69,363 20.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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