Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 15.05.21
28/05/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 15, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,585 1,158 477,487 11,716 2,649 - 211
Tuesday 118,990 1,196 480,522 8,452 2,466 - 322
Wednesday 118,546 1,524 472,235 7,743 1,866 - 229
Thursday 115,260 888 480,528 6,108 884 - 340
Friday 115,687 929 462,074 4,956 1,157 - 199
Saturday 62,842 4 10,750 64 28 - 1
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Total 643,910 5,699 2,383,596 39,039 9,050 - 1,302
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%Steers 51.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 92.6
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 7.4
%Cows 19.5 %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 15, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 530.8 Cattle 1,367 826
Steers 894
Heifers 819
Cows 652
Bulls 900
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 262 153
Pork 512.4 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 303
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 125 63
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,046.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 15, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 643,910
Steers 328,951 51.1
Heifers 178,392 27.7
Dairy cows 55,435 8.6
Other cows 70,309 10.9
Bulls 10,823 1.7
Calves Total 5,699
Hogs Total 2,383,596
Barrows and gilts 2,316,463 97.2
Sows 61,489 2.6
Boars 5,644 0.2
Sheep Total 39,039
Mature sheep 2,888 7.4
Lambs and yearlings 36,151 92.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 15, 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 57,403 31,539 79.0 8,820 12,864 19.3
Tuesday 61,296 31,677 78.1 10,978 12,937 20.1
Wednesday 60,026 31,223 77.0 10,509 14,534 21.1
Thursday 58,831 31,099 78.0 10,374 12,868 20.2
Friday 58,666 33,227 79.4 10,849 11,309 19.2
Saturday 32,729 19,627 83.3 3,905 5,797 15.4
Total 328,951 178,392 78.8 55,435 70,309 19.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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