Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 08.05.21
21/05/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 8, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,821 1,060 473,911 10,328 2,485 - 189
Tuesday 121,796 1,552 486,489 7,330 1,855 - 301
Wednesday 119,478 1,199 484,644 7,785 1,652 - 217
Thursday 115,412 830 478,912 6,408 1,986 - 259
Friday 110,560 1,268 461,282 7,232 1,828 - 213
Saturday 56,782 3 10,490 1,954 167 - -
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Total 638,849 5,912 2,395,728 41,037 9,973 - 1,179
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%Steers 49.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 92.1
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 7.9
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.8
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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 8, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 526.7 Cattle 1,368 826
Steers 896
Heifers 826
Cows 647
Bulls 894
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 249 146
Pork 515.4 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 306
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 124 62
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 1,045.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 8, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 638,849
Steers 314,069 49.2
Heifers 186,821 29.2
Dairy cows 56,836 8.9
Other cows 69,472 10.9
Bulls 11,651 1.8
Calves Total 5,912
Hogs Total 2,395,728
Barrows and gilts 2,331,473 97.3
Sows 58,663 2.4
Boars 5,592 0.2
Sheep Total 41,037
Mature sheep 3,235 7.9
Lambs and yearlings 37,802 92.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 8, 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 58,616 31,990 78.9 8,712 13,228 19.1
Tuesday 56,786 39,132 78.8 11,354 12,323 19.4
Wednesday 57,398 34,999 77.3 11,588 13,361 20.9
Thursday 59,912 30,467 78.3 10,556 12,409 19.9
Friday 56,046 30,641 78.4 10,992 11,124 20.0
Saturday 25,311 19,592 79.1 3,634 7,027 18.8
Total 314,069 186,821 78.4 56,836 69,472 19.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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