Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 30.01.21
12/02/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 30, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,993 1,189 489,072 9,818 2,663 - 214
Tuesday 116,781 1,870 448,756 7,574 1,951 - 276
Wednesday 120,354 1,345 492,756 5,689 995 - 319
Thursday 120,550 1,248 492,803 6,580 1,687 - 249
Friday 119,768 1,859 485,620 5,813 1,763 - 221
Saturday 62,157 2 251,457 714 24 - -
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Total 655,603 7,513 2,660,464 36,188 9,083 - 1,279
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 20.7 %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, January 30, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 553.2 Cattle 1,401 846
Steers 920
Heifers 853
Cows 656
Bulls 880
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 256 149
Pork 581.6 Hogs 293 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 298
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,138.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 30, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 655,603
Steers 319,576 48.7
Heifers 191,304 29.2
Dairy cows 69,528 10.6
Other cows 66,217 10.1
Bulls 8,978 1.4
Calves Total 7,513
Hogs Total 2,660,464
Barrows and gilts 2,587,895 97.3
Sows 66,844 2.5
Boars 5,725 0.2
Sheep Total 36,188
Mature sheep 1,997 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 34,191 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 30, 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 60,258 32,154 79.7 10,370 11,493 18.8
Tuesday 56,574 34,411 77.9 12,414 11,592 20.6
Wednesday 54,237 38,485 77.0 13,296 12,864 21.7
Thursday 58,221 35,917 78.1 13,315 11,549 20.6
Friday 59,763 34,607 78.8 13,143 10,824 20.0
Saturday 30,523 15,730 74.4 6,990 7,895 23.9
Total 319,576 191,304 77.9 69,528 66,217 20.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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