Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 20.02.21
05/03/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 20, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 77,216 893 404,606 6,458 1,326 - 119
Tuesday 92,303 1,720 409,456 6,797 1,669 - 281
Wednesday 100,412 2,262 472,785 6,846 1,232 - 279
Thursday 109,342 1,055 472,634 6,865 1,036 - 221
Friday 107,964 2,362 483,905 5,814 866 - 230
Saturday 62,135 1 169,887 27 23 - -
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Total 549,372 8,293 2,413,273 32,807 6,152 - 1,130
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%Steers 46.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 33.3 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 19.3 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 0.8
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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 20, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 461.0 Cattle 1,392 841
Steers 909
Heifers 841
Cows 674
Bulls 884
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 255 149
Pork 522.7 Hogs 290 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 294
Boars 177
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 136 69
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 987.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 20, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 549,372
Steers 255,600 46.5
Heifers 183,164 33.3
Dairy cows 59,629 10.9
Other cows 46,540 8.5
Bulls 4,439 0.8
Calves Total 8,293
Hogs Total 2,413,273
Barrows and gilts 2,355,441 97.6
Sows 52,636 2.2
Boars 5,196 0.2
Sheep Total 32,807
Mature sheep 1,581 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 31,226 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 20, 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 36,507 21,421 75.0 9,273 9,181 23.9
Tuesday 38,823 32,903 77.7 10,775 8,778 21.2
Wednesday 43,057 34,572 77.3 12,231 9,690 21.8
Thursday 52,603 34,465 79.6 12,309 9,167 19.6
Friday 52,692 34,036 80.3 12,766 7,656 18.9
Saturday 31,918 25,767 92.8 2,275 2,068 7.0
Total 255,600 183,164 79.9 59,629 46,540 19.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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