Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 19.06.21
02/07/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 19, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,188 872 474,091 9,196 2,194 - 156
Tuesday 121,554 1,725 485,571 6,659 1,809 - 242
Wednesday 121,195 1,372 477,447 6,944 1,487 - 254
Thursday 120,555 1,409 480,872 7,177 1,833 - 234
Friday 117,539 1,519 467,019 4,272 1,489 - 275
Saturday 66,135 4 58,561 18 51 - -
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Total 664,166 6,901 2,443,561 34,266 8,863 - 1,161
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%Steers 51.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 91.3
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 8.7
%Cows 19.3 %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, June 19, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 539.5 Cattle 1,345 814
Steers 879
Heifers 813
Cows 633
Bulls 902
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 222 129
Pork 516.2 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 304
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 124 62
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 1,058.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 19, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 664,166
Steers 338,881 51.0
Heifers 185,886 28.0
Dairy cows 53,226 8.0
Other cows 75,000 11.3
Bulls 11,173 1.7
Calves Total 6,901
Hogs Total 2,443,561
Barrows and gilts 2,375,494 97.2
Sows 62,702 2.6
Boars 5,365 0.2
Sheep Total 34,266
Mature sheep 2,994 8.7
Lambs and yearlings 31,272 91.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 19, 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 62,290 31,368 79.9 8,218 13,182 18.3
Tuesday 60,537 35,677 79.2 10,162 13,238 19.3
Wednesday 60,288 33,883 77.7 10,751 14,314 20.7
Thursday 58,809 35,511 78.2 11,106 13,079 20.1
Friday 62,908 29,995 79.0 10,177 12,604 19.4
Saturday 34,049 19,452 80.9 2,812 8,583 17.2
Total 338,881 185,886 79.0 53,226 75,000 19.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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