Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 06.03.21
19/03/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 6, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,743 1,053 492,715 10,227 2,356 - 235
Tuesday 123,025 1,835 494,259 7,641 1,678 - 187
Wednesday 121,145 1,241 495,871 6,454 1,117 - 291
Thursday 122,942 1,356 490,978 7,944 1,602 - 204
Friday 108,863 1,764 486,472 6,637 1,349 - 241
Saturday 72,371 3 96,829 627 58 - -
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Total 666,089 7,252 2,557,124 39,530 8,160 - 1,158
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%Steers 47.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 30.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.5
%Cows 20.8 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.5
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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, March 6, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 551.4 Cattle 1,379 830
Steers 900
Heifers 833
Cows 659
Bulls 892
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 259 151
Pork 555.4 Hogs 291 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 297
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,110.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 6, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 666,089
Steers 315,922 47.4
Heifers 201,962 30.3
Dairy cows 70,447 10.6
Other cows 68,004 10.2
Bulls 9,754 1.5
Calves Total 7,252
Hogs Total 2,557,124
Barrows and gilts 2,483,972 97.1
Sows 67,457 2.6
Boars 5,695 0.2
Sheep Total 39,530
Mature sheep 2,583 6.5
Lambs and yearlings 36,947 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 57,210 36,286 79.4 9,888 12,797 19.3
Tuesday 60,546 35,894 78.4 13,047 11,729 20.1
Wednesday 53,757 39,912 77.3 13,904 11,990 21.4
Thursday 60,559 34,851 77.6 13,500 12,319 21.0
Friday 50,357 33,385 76.9 12,601 10,937 21.6
Saturday 33,493 21,634 76.2 7,507 8,232 21.7
Total 315,922 201,962 77.7 70,447 68,004 20.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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