Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 06.02.21
19/02/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 6, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,759 812 477,096 9,004 1,829 - 183
Tuesday 117,506 1,564 486,820 6,088 1,319 - 249
Wednesday 119,601 1,064 499,039 6,626 1,661 - 237
Thursday 116,228 1,493 458,104 7,380 2,229 - 255
Friday 114,412 2,321 470,412 5,961 1,468 - 216
Saturday 68,877 268 281,855 27 31 - -
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Total 652,383 7,522 2,673,326 35,086 8,537 - 1,140
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 20.7 %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, February 6, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 549.3 Cattle 1,402 844
Steers 919
Heifers 848
Cows 660
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 251 146
Pork 584.1 Hogs 293 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 300
Boars 180
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,136.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 6, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 652,383
Steers 311,901 47.8
Heifers 197,152 30.2
Dairy cows 67,597 10.4
Other cows 67,166 10.3
Bulls 8,567 1.3
Calves Total 7,522
Hogs Total 2,673,326
Barrows and gilts 2,602,360 97.3
Sows 64,307 2.4
Boars 6,659 0.2
Sheep Total 35,086
Mature sheep 1,936 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 33,150 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 6, 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 57,549 34,553 79.6 9,003 13,222 19.2
Tuesday 58,701 35,716 80.4 10,792 10,731 18.3
Wednesday 56,280 35,595 76.8 13,630 12,673 22.0
Thursday 56,262 33,558 77.3 12,937 11,927 21.4
Friday 52,064 35,559 76.6 13,812 11,347 22.0
Saturday 31,045 22,171 77.3 7,423 7,266 21.3
Total 311,901 197,152 78.0 67,597 67,166 20.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MOShare this story:
