Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 17.07.21
30/07/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 17, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,756 822 453,655 9,952 2,549 - 164
Tuesday 119,361 1,697 468,307 6,892 1,940 - 322
Wednesday 119,332 1,486 465,241 8,326 1,779 - 311
Thursday 119,976 1,360 461,131 7,916 2,088 - 214
Friday 118,546 1,914 426,301 5,693 1,913 - 286
Saturday 54,344 6 13,715 975 538 - -
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Total 650,315 7,285 2,288,350 39,754 10,807 - 1,297
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%Steers 50.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 91.5
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 8.5
%Cows 19.0 %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 17, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 530.0 Cattle 1,348 817
Steers 888
Heifers 813
Cows 622
Bulls 909
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 212 122
Pork 479.8 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 300
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 119 60
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 59
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Total meat
production 1,013.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 17, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 650,315
Steers 328,446 50.5
Heifers 187,052 28.8
Dairy cows 55,008 8.5
Other cows 68,243 10.5
Bulls 11,566 1.8
Calves Total 7,285
Hogs Total 2,288,350
Barrows and gilts 2,221,616 97.1
Sows 60,863 2.7
Boars 5,871 0.3
Sheep Total 39,754
Mature sheep 3,367 8.5
Lambs and yearlings 36,387 91.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 17, 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 64,644 30,691 80.3 7,536 13,828 18.0
Tuesday 58,986 34,654 78.5 11,156 12,478 19.8
Wednesday 57,367 36,598 78.7 10,904 12,464 19.6
Thursday 59,839 34,946 79.0 10,913 12,236 19.3
Friday 60,590 34,069 79.9 10,392 11,350 18.3
Saturday 27,020 16,094 79.3 4,107 5,887 18.4
Total 328,446 187,052 79.3 55,008 68,243 19.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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