Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 01.05.21
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 1, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,471 988 480,375 12,428 2,340 - 140
Tuesday 121,137 1,413 485,295 9,672 1,370 - 312
Wednesday 119,979 1,282 481,962 9,309 1,452 - 287
Thursday 120,632 918 481,100 8,964 1,585 - 239
Friday 116,355 1,367 467,415 6,595 1,382 - 241
Saturday 56,113 4 46,148 296 89 - -
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Total 652,687 5,972 2,442,295 47,264 8,218 - 1,219
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%Steers 50.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.9
%Cows 19.6 %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, May 1, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 536.5 Cattle 1,365 824
Steers 891
Heifers 824
Cows 644
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 254 149
Pork 526.4 Hogs 289 216
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 303
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 120 60
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 60
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Total meat
production 1,066.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 1, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 652,687
Steers 330,782 50.7
Heifers 182,488 28.0
Dairy cows 55,725 8.5
Other cows 72,426 11.1
Bulls 11,266 1.7
Calves Total 5,972
Hogs Total 2,442,295
Barrows and gilts 2,376,855 97.3
Sows 59,536 2.4
Boars 5,904 0.2
Sheep Total 47,264
Mature sheep 3,272 6.9
Lambs and yearlings 43,992 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 1, 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 59,551 34,203 79.1 8,923 13,791 19.2
Tuesday 62,847 32,336 78.6 10,591 13,190 19.6
Wednesday 61,318 31,019 77.0 11,975 13,850 21.5
Thursday 59,354 35,069 78.3 10,208 13,760 19.9
Friday 61,418 31,435 79.8 10,413 11,267 18.6
Saturday 26,294 18,426 79.7 3,615 6,568 18.1
Total 330,782 182,488 78.6 55,725 72,426 19.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
