Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 10.04.21
23/04/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 10, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 105,250 936 336,252 10,003 2,767 - 218
Tuesday 119,540 1,514 478,797 8,182 1,743 - 315
Wednesday 120,655 1,061 493,920 7,222 1,455 - 282
Thursday 120,014 1,103 489,729 8,697 1,698 - 254
Friday 112,414 1,372 470,405 6,843 2,009 - 245
Saturday 64,008 6 185,188 512 363 - -
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Total 641,881 5,992 2,454,291 41,459 10,035 - 1,314
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 19.3 %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, April 10, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 531.7 Cattle 1,371 830
Steers 900
Heifers 829
Cows 651
Bulls 893
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 260 151
Pork 533.9 Hogs 292 218
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 300
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 1,069.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 10, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 641,881
Steers 309,269 48.2
Heifers 198,304 30.9
Dairy cows 60,514 9.4
Other cows 63,641 9.9
Bulls 10,153 1.6
Calves Total 5,992
Hogs Total 2,454,291
Barrows and gilts 2,382,254 97.1
Sows 65,824 2.7
Boars 6,213 0.3
Sheep Total 41,459
Mature sheep 2,835 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 38,624 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 10, 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 51,906 31,641 79.4 8,888 10,988 18.9
Tuesday 56,283 37,054 78.1 11,566 12,802 20.4
Wednesday 55,685 37,261 77.0 13,563 12,251 21.4
Thursday 61,298 33,533 79.0 11,583 11,608 19.3
Friday 52,830 34,703 77.9 11,737 11,175 20.4
Saturday 31,267 24,112 86.5 3,177 4,817 12.5
Total 309,269 198,304 79.1 60,514 63,641 19.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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