Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 29.05.21
11/06/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 29, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,085 1,099 479,202 9,410 2,435 - 202
Tuesday 121,551 1,549 482,465 7,449 1,641 - 343
Wednesday 120,565 1,227 487,188 6,803 1,426 - 265
Thursday 120,838 1,078 483,078 6,890 1,611 - 241
Friday 117,307 1,596 424,564 4,206 1,360 - 279
Saturday 32,667 91 21,064 308 182 - -
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Total 630,013 6,640 2,377,561 35,066 8,655 - 1,330
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%Steers 50.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 92.0
%Heifers 27.9 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 8.0
%Cows 19.7 %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 29, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 514.2 Cattle 1,355 818
Steers 884
Heifers 817
Cows 643
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 234 136
Pork 508.7 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 307
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 125 63
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,026.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 29, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 630,013
Steers 318,580 50.6
Heifers 175,824 27.9
Dairy cows 53,592 8.5
Other cows 70,674 11.2
Bulls 11,343 1.8
Calves Total 6,640
Hogs Total 2,377,561
Barrows and gilts 2,309,868 97.2
Sows 62,217 2.6
Boars 5,476 0.2
Sheep Total 35,066
Mature sheep 2,789 8.0
Lambs and yearlings 32,277 92.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 29, 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 61,797 31,592 79.8 7,482 14,102 18.4
Tuesday 63,201 33,574 79.6 10,459 12,138 18.6
Wednesday 58,986 34,521 77.6 11,233 13,766 20.7
Thursday 63,503 31,904 79.0 10,061 13,393 19.4
Friday 56,785 36,055 79.1 10,930 11,518 19.1
Saturday 14,308 8,178 68.8 3,427 5,757 28.1
Total 318,580 175,824 78.5 53,592 70,674 19.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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