Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 17.04.21
30/04/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 17, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,438 905 484,056 11,964 2,599 - 207
Tuesday 116,788 1,588 482,509 8,373 1,769 - 322
Wednesday 115,811 1,122 477,710 7,271 1,263 - 289
Thursday 113,145 979 473,688 8,315 1,775 - 239
Friday 113,344 1,505 462,824 7,353 1,544 - 239
Saturday 68,057 5 72,281 245 48 - -
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Total 640,583 6,104 2,453,068 43,521 8,998 - 1,296
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 20.0 %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 17, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 530.5 Cattle 1,373 830
Steers 898
Heifers 837
Cows 650
Bulls 896
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 269 157
Pork 532.0 Hogs 291 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 307
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,066.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 17, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 640,583
Steers 306,181 47.8
Heifers 195,048 30.4
Dairy cows 60,411 9.4
Other cows 67,868 10.6
Bulls 11,075 1.7
Calves Total 6,104
Hogs Total 2,453,068
Barrows and gilts 2,386,306 97.3
Sows 61,517 2.5
Boars 5,245 0.2
Sheep Total 43,521
Mature sheep 2,791 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 40,730 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 17, 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 54,417 35,222 79.0 9,055 12,564 19.1
Tuesday 54,801 36,022 77.8 11,682 12,181 20.4
Wednesday 55,050 33,163 76.2 12,135 13,665 22.3
Thursday 54,721 33,071 77.6 11,706 11,607 20.6
Friday 55,256 34,015 78.8 11,242 11,160 19.8
Saturday 31,936 23,555 81.5 4,591 6,691 16.6
Total 306,181 195,048 78.2 60,411 67,868 20.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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