Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 27.03.21
09/04/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 27, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,509 1,115 484,427 9,755 2,638 - 217
Tuesday 117,507 1,798 468,174 8,796 2,130 - 369
Wednesday 121,623 1,025 488,408 7,725 1,406 - 288
Thursday 120,965 1,315 487,565 7,957 1,724 - 285
Friday 113,590 1,298 479,187 6,918 1,513 - 222
Saturday 59,602 7 139,482 1,417 74 - -
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Total 648,796 6,558 2,547,243 42,568 9,485 - 1,381
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 20.3 %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 27, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 536.2 Cattle 1,373 828
Steers 899
Heifers 830
Cows 653
Bulls 887
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 269 157
Pork 552.8 Hogs 291 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 300
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,092.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 27, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 648,796
Steers 310,336 47.8
Heifers 196,260 30.2
Dairy cows 65,899 10.2
Other cows 65,632 10.1
Bulls 10,669 1.6
Calves Total 6,558
Hogs Total 2,547,243
Barrows and gilts 2,475,513 97.2
Sows 65,127 2.6
Boars 6,603 0.3
Sheep Total 42,568
Mature sheep 2,508 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 40,060 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 58,746 31,622 78.2 9,927 13,383 20.2
Tuesday 54,856 36,033 77.3 12,814 11,950 21.1
Wednesday 56,252 37,437 77.0 13,670 12,403 21.4
Thursday 56,118 39,078 78.7 12,657 11,188 19.7
Friday 54,711 33,018 77.2 13,008 10,827 21.0
Saturday 29,653 19,072 81.8 3,823 5,881 16.3
Total 310,336 196,260 78.1 65,899 65,632 20.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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