Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 13.02.21
26/02/2021
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,508 1,047 488,391 9,811 2,708 - 127
Tuesday 115,681 1,933 490,403 7,155 1,651 - 258
Wednesday 115,677 1,270 489,186 6,251 1,129 - 267
Thursday 114,783 1,705 486,274 7,316 1,682 - 247
Friday 107,487 2,297 481,373 5,419 1,321 - 348
Saturday 40,072 110 207,567 1,227 40 - 2
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Total 606,208 8,362 2,643,194 37,179 8,531 - 1,249
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%Steers 47.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 30.3 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 21.4 %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, February 13, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 510.1 Cattle 1,399 843
Steers 919
Heifers 850
Cows 666
Bulls 877
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 235 136
Pork 573.6 Hogs 290 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 293
Boars 182
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,087.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 606,208
Steers 284,746 47.0
Heifers 183,765 30.3
Dairy cows 66,472 11.0
Other cows 63,026 10.4
Bulls 8,199 1.4
Calves Total 8,362
Hogs Total 2,643,194
Barrows and gilts 2,579,108 97.6
Sows 58,065 2.2
Boars 6,021 0.2
Sheep Total 37,179
Mature sheep 2,235 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 34,944 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 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 55,394 32,334 78.0 10,185 12,883 20.5
Tuesday 55,088 34,145 77.1 13,072 11,733 21.4
Wednesday 52,179 35,012 75.4 13,678 13,267 23.3
Thursday 53,819 34,373 76.8 12,968 12,045 21.8
Friday 49,250 33,421 76.9 13,598 9,733 21.7
Saturday 19,016 14,480 83.6 2,971 3,365 15.8
Total 284,746 183,765 77.3 66,472 63,026 21.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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