Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 13.03.21
26/03/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 13, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,108 1,044 490,754 10,147 2,754 - 181
Tuesday 121,430 1,597 486,490 8,423 1,823 - 256
Wednesday 120,515 1,176 490,579 7,530 1,211 - 309
Thursday 120,443 1,279 492,722 7,696 1,639 - 294
Friday 113,782 1,640 486,804 5,965 1,572 - 261
Saturday 52,261 - 135,235 859 41 - -
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Total 648,539 6,736 2,582,584 40,620 9,040 - 1,301
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%Steers 45.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 31.5 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 21.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 13, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 536.1 Cattle 1,374 829
Steers 904
Heifers 832
Cows 653
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 267 157
Pork 561.5 Hogs 291 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 297
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,101.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 13, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 648,539
Steers 297,702 45.9
Heifers 204,098 31.5
Dairy cows 68,836 10.6
Other cows 67,346 10.4
Bulls 10,557 1.6
Calves Total 6,736
Hogs Total 2,582,584
Barrows and gilts 2,505,202 97.0
Sows 70,787 2.7
Boars 6,595 0.3
Sheep Total 40,620
Mature sheep 2,109 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 38,511 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 55,554 38,235 78.1 11,002 13,376 20.3
Tuesday 55,665 39,491 78.4 12,470 11,901 20.1
Wednesday 56,086 36,858 77.1 13,821 12,096 21.5
Thursday 56,995 36,540 77.7 13,044 11,869 20.7
Friday 49,937 39,007 78.2 12,300 10,711 20.2
Saturday 23,465 13,967 71.6 6,199 7,393 26.0
Total 297,702 204,098 77.4 68,836 67,346 21.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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