Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.06.21
18/06/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 5, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 3,472 171 1,739 524 238 - -
Tuesday 95,180 1,468 398,076 9,781 2,401 - 220
Wednesday 108,435 1,687 445,893 7,641 1,624 - 282
Thursday 118,676 1,011 472,237 8,158 1,703 - 269
Friday 119,517 1,973 479,059 6,237 1,712 - 228
Saturday 98,852 10 189,838 41 61 - -
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Total 544,132 6,320 1,986,842 32,382 7,739 - 999
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 91.5
%Heifers 27.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 8.5
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.3
%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, June 5, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 446.1 Cattle 1,360 822
Steers 891
Heifers 812
Cows 642
Bulls 903
Calves and veal 0.8 Calves 219 127
Pork 427.6 Hogs 289 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 306
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 126 63
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 876.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 5, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 544,132
Steers 280,654 51.6
Heifers 148,144 27.2
Dairy cows 46,472 8.5
Other cows 59,496 10.9
Bulls 9,366 1.7
Calves Total 6,320
Hogs Total 1,986,842
Barrows and gilts 1,931,258 97.2
Sows 49,921 2.5
Boars 5,663 0.3
Sheep Total 32,382
Mature sheep 2,753 8.5
Lambs and yearlings 29,629 91.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 5, 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 1,983 222 63.5 428 754 34.0
Tuesday 47,393 26,909 78.1 7,632 11,245 19.8
Wednesday 55,921 28,262 77.6 10,125 12,241 20.6
Thursday 59,845 32,152 77.5 11,157 13,339 20.6
Friday 62,913 32,766 80.1 11,173 10,971 18.5
Saturday 52,599 27,833 81.4 5,957 10,946 17.1
Total 280,654 148,144 78.8 46,472 59,496 19.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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