Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 22.05.21
04/06/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 22, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,298 1,238 472,650 8,838 2,067 - 237
Tuesday 120,209 1,587 467,094 7,766 1,659 - 321
Wednesday 119,523 1,158 478,185 7,530 1,505 - 325
Thursday 119,592 865 478,627 6,891 1,572 - 290
Friday 118,981 1,472 462,816 5,629 1,212 - 387
Saturday 79,594 9 31,385 94 183 - -
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Total 672,197 6,329 2,390,757 36,748 8,198 - 1,560
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%Steers 51.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 92.8
%Heifers 28.7 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 7.2
%Cows 18.3 %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 22, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 552.2 Cattle 1,360 823
Steers 888
Heifers 818
Cows 642
Bulls 880
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 237 138
Pork 512.9 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 304
Boars 210
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 129 64
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,068.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 22, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 672,197
Steers 344,506 51.3
Heifers 192,941 28.7
Dairy cows 53,481 8.0
Other cows 69,468 10.3
Bulls 11,801 1.8
Calves Total 6,329
Hogs Total 2,390,757
Barrows and gilts 2,325,002 97.2
Sows 60,066 2.5
Boars 5,689 0.2
Sheep Total 36,748
Mature sheep 2,664 7.2
Lambs and yearlings 34,084 92.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 22, 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 56,231 34,786 79.6 7,715 13,165 18.3
Tuesday 60,824 33,791 78.7 10,415 12,800 19.3
Wednesday 62,462 30,539 77.8 11,338 13,144 20.5
Thursday 62,990 32,438 79.8 9,364 12,722 18.5
Friday 63,155 32,267 80.2 9,828 11,827 18.2
Saturday 38,844 29,120 85.4 4,821 5,810 13.4
Total 344,506 192,941 80.0 53,481 69,468 18.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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