Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 10.07.21
23/07/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 10, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 11,619 183 8,365 1,187 831 - 91
Tuesday 119,733 1,555 463,704 9,607 2,266 - 117
Wednesday 121,301 1,935 461,778 7,592 1,760 - 303
Thursday 119,751 1,371 461,589 7,526 1,711 - 253
Friday 120,912 2,030 462,054 6,134 1,655 - 241
Saturday 87,428 - 58,665 849 83 - -
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Total 580,744 7,074 1,916,155 32,895 8,306 - 1,005
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%Steers 50.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 91.5
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 8.5
%Cows 20.1 %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, July 10, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 471.9 Cattle 1,350 814
Steers 885
Heifers 812
Cows 632
Bulls 901
Calves and veal 0.8 Calves 206 118
Pork 401.4 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 303
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 120 60
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 60
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Total meat
production 876.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 10, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 580,744
Steers 291,433 50.2
Heifers 162,726 28.0
Dairy cows 53,734 9.3
Other cows 63,050 10.9
Bulls 9,801 1.7
Calves Total 7,074
Hogs Total 1,916,155
Barrows and gilts 1,862,817 97.2
Sows 47,997 2.5
Boars 5,341 0.3
Sheep Total 32,895
Mature sheep 2,808 8.5
Lambs and yearlings 30,087 91.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 10, 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 3,233 799 34.7 1,983 4,890 59.2
Tuesday 60,635 33,610 78.7 10,486 13,014 19.6
Wednesday 62,099 33,481 78.8 11,002 12,918 19.7
Thursday 60,311 34,246 79.0 11,387 11,765 19.3
Friday 59,211 36,311 79.0 12,454 11,178 19.5
Saturday 45,944 24,279 80.3 6,422 9,285 18.0
Total 291,433 162,726 78.2 53,734 63,050 20.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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