Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 03.07.21
16/07/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 3, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,559 809 455,158 9,890 2,622 - 151
Tuesday 121,440 1,801 463,265 6,232 1,849 - 309
Wednesday 120,159 1,360 461,533 6,802 1,437 - 279
Thursday 117,488 1,197 454,868 7,090 2,104 - 202
Friday 114,323 1,796 423,907 4,887 1,812 - 255
Saturday 36,472 90 13,311 32 43 - -
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Total 628,441 7,053 2,272,042 34,933 9,867 - 1,196
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 91.6
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 8.4
%Cows 18.9 %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, July 3, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 512.0 Cattle 1,347 816
Steers 884
Heifers 811
Cows 632
Bulls 901
Calves and veal 0.8 Calves 204 118
Pork 475.1 Hogs 281 209
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 303
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 125 63
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 990.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 3, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 628,441
Steers 324,553 51.6
Heifers 173,783 27.7
Dairy cows 52,901 8.4
Other cows 66,094 10.5
Bulls 11,110 1.8
Calves Total 7,053
Hogs Total 2,272,042
Barrows and gilts 2,209,998 97.3
Sows 56,186 2.5
Boars 5,858 0.3
Sheep Total 34,933
Mature sheep 2,949 8.4
Lambs and yearlings 31,984 91.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 3, 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 63,384 31,397 79.9 8,602 12,908 18.1
Tuesday 59,356 36,762 79.1 10,231 12,981 19.1
Wednesday 60,804 32,495 77.6 10,923 13,778 20.6
Thursday 60,676 31,647 78.6 10,003 12,964 19.5
Friday 60,849 30,131 79.6 10,971 10,371 18.7
Saturday 19,484 11,351 84.5 2,171 3,092 14.4
Total 324,553 173,783 79.3 52,901 66,094 18.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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