Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.07.21
06/08/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 24, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,404 865 457,831 8,799 1,863 - 191
Tuesday 117,090 1,853 467,693 6,551 2,320 - 290
Wednesday 118,039 1,216 469,830 7,550 1,465 - 308
Thursday 120,892 1,314 469,699 6,323 1,512 - 187
Friday 111,596 2,237 429,547 5,294 1,164 - 348
Saturday 71,042 42 30,634 856 224 - -
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Total 655,063 7,527 2,325,234 35,373 8,548 - 1,324
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%Steers 50.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 91.9
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 8.1
%Cows 19.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 24, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 536.3 Cattle 1,356 821
Steers 894
Heifers 816
Cows 627
Bulls 911
Calves and veal 0.8 Calves 198 113
Pork 487.8 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 302
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 120 60
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 60
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Total meat
production 1,027.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 24, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 655,063
Steers 329,575 50.3
Heifers 184,611 28.2
Dairy cows 57,575 8.8
Other cows 70,788 10.8
Bulls 12,514 1.9
Calves Total 7,527
Hogs Total 2,325,234
Barrows and gilts 2,260,196 97.2
Sows 58,582 2.5
Boars 6,456 0.3
Sheep Total 35,373
Mature sheep 2,860 8.1
Lambs and yearlings 32,513 91.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 24, 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 60,089 32,151 79.2 8,920 13,092 18.9
Tuesday 61,008 30,302 78.0 10,760 12,818 20.1
Wednesday 57,847 32,319 76.4 11,542 13,946 21.6
Thursday 59,814 35,776 79.1 10,476 12,474 19.0
Friday 55,262 31,462 77.7 11,022 11,597 20.3
Saturday 35,555 22,601 81.9 4,855 6,861 16.5
Total 329,575 184,611 78.5 57,575 70,788 19.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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