Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 03.04.21
16/04/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 3, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,160 932 482,990 10,619 3,110 - 178
Tuesday 118,868 1,318 488,364 8,441 1,927 - 287
Wednesday 118,055 1,272 494,736 7,513 1,452 - 308
Thursday 114,502 1,093 488,743 8,646 1,906 - 211
Friday 104,468 1,661 449,103 6,722 1,461 - 250
Saturday 30,441 7 56,033 40 65 - -
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Total 603,494 6,283 2,459,969 41,981 9,921 - 1,234
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 30.6 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 19.2 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.7
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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, April 3, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 499.2 Cattle 1,372 829
Steers 894
Heifers 832
Cows 653
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 263 154
Pork 533.2 Hogs 290 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 298
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 126 63
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,036.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 3, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 603,494
Steers 293,142 48.6
Heifers 184,530 30.6
Dairy cows 59,984 9.9
Other cows 55,699 9.2
Bulls 10,139 1.7
Calves Total 6,283
Hogs Total 2,459,969
Barrows and gilts 2,395,979 97.4
Sows 58,035 2.4
Boars 5,955 0.2
Sheep Total 41,981
Mature sheep 2,703 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 39,278 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 3, 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 54,864 37,822 79.1 10,123 12,160 19.0
Tuesday 58,503 34,731 78.4 12,384 11,105 19.8
Wednesday 53,978 38,055 78.0 12,160 11,960 20.4
Thursday 58,329 31,084 78.1 12,295 10,750 20.1
Friday 51,843 30,395 78.7 11,580 8,864 19.6
Saturday 15,625 12,443 92.2 1,442 860 7.6
Total 293,142 184,530 79.2 59,984 55,699 19.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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