Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 12.06.21
25/06/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 12, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,784 743 479,176 9,629 2,469 - 180
Tuesday 121,123 1,798 482,855 7,437 1,617 - 296
Wednesday 120,899 1,314 484,495 7,013 1,153 - 321
Thursday 121,769 1,000 482,452 7,216 1,806 - 187
Friday 119,242 2,187 453,095 2,993 1,433 - 280
Saturday 70,480 4 49,589 28 64 - -
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Total 670,297 7,046 2,431,662 34,316 8,542 - 1,264
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 91.9
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 8.1
%Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.3
%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, June 12, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 546.8 Cattle 1,349 817
Steers 882
Heifers 811
Cows 641
Bulls 891
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 218 126
Pork 518.2 Hogs 286 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 306
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 124 62
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 1,068.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 12, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 670,297
Steers 342,941 51.2
Heifers 190,896 28.5
Dairy cows 52,595 7.8
Other cows 71,913 10.7
Bulls 11,952 1.8
Calves Total 7,046
Hogs Total 2,431,662
Barrows and gilts 2,363,062 97.2
Sows 62,227 2.6
Boars 6,373 0.3
Sheep Total 34,316
Mature sheep 2,791 8.1
Lambs and yearlings 31,525 91.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 12, 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 63,775 30,691 80.9 7,910 12,331 17.3
Tuesday 60,868 36,086 80.0 9,217 12,863 18.2
Wednesday 59,733 34,218 77.7 11,220 13,755 20.7
Thursday 64,691 32,216 79.6 10,424 12,252 18.6
Friday 59,666 35,489 79.8 9,787 12,222 18.5
Saturday 34,208 22,196 80.0 4,037 8,490 17.8
Total 342,941 190,896 79.6 52,595 71,913 18.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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