Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 27.02.21
12/03/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 27, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,423 1,137 489,452 8,827 2,029 - 235
Tuesday 123,197 2,088 499,481 7,928 1,898 - 287
Wednesday 121,532 1,248 495,450 6,269 1,156 - 247
Thursday 120,592 1,574 495,475 7,139 1,538 - 253
Friday 118,858 1,992 492,839 6,242 1,351 - 263
Saturday 61,966 - 175,875 1,067 24 - -
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Total 664,568 8,039 2,648,572 37,472 7,996 - 1,285
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 30.7 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 20.3 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.2
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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 27, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 550.3 Cattle 1,382 830
Steers 899
Heifers 834
Cows 655
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 234 135
Pork 575.2 Hogs 291 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 298
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,129.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 27, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 664,568
Steers 317,643 47.8
Heifers 204,159 30.7
Dairy cows 71,643 10.8
Other cows 63,287 9.5
Bulls 7,836 1.2
Calves Total 8,039
Hogs Total 2,648,572
Barrows and gilts 2,576,242 97.3
Sows 66,237 2.5
Boars 6,093 0.2
Sheep Total 37,472
Mature sheep 2,001 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 35,471 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 27, 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 59,919 35,808 80.8 10,343 11,064 18.1
Tuesday 59,051 38,231 79.0 13,017 11,543 19.9
Wednesday 56,101 37,801 77.3 14,464 11,749 21.6
Thursday 58,526 35,317 77.8 13,155 12,154 21.0
Friday 57,733 36,255 79.1 13,613 9,991 19.9
Saturday 26,313 20,747 75.9 7,051 6,786 22.3
Total 317,643 204,159 78.5 71,643 63,287 20.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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