Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 31.07.21
13/08/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 31, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,978 872 466,615 9,835 2,550 - 202
Tuesday 118,817 1,959 471,904 7,018 1,872 - 318
Wednesday 119,772 1,370 466,898 6,328 1,296 - 309
Thursday 120,193 1,729 470,175 6,214 1,844 - 208
Friday 113,220 2,015 423,656 2,636 1,628 - 286
Saturday 55,888 - 13,891 31 61 - -
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Total 645,868 7,945 2,313,139 32,062 9,251 - 1,323
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%Steers 50.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 91.4
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 8.6
%Cows 19.5 %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 31, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 526.4 Cattle 1,349 817
Steers 891
Heifers 814
Cows 621
Bulls 905
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 194 112
Pork 482.8 Hogs 280 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 301
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 1.9 Sheep 117 59
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 58
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Total meat
production 1,012.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 31, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 645,868
Steers 324,691 50.3
Heifers 183,233 28.4
Dairy cows 58,477 9.1
Other cows 67,518 10.5
Bulls 11,949 1.9
Calves Total 7,945
Hogs Total 2,313,139
Barrows and gilts 2,250,021 97.3
Sows 57,126 2.5
Boars 5,992 0.3
Sheep Total 32,062
Mature sheep 2,746 8.6
Lambs and yearlings 29,316 91.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 31, 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 57,695 35,377 78.9 8,363 14,274 19.2
Tuesday 58,184 34,814 78.3 10,676 12,898 19.8
Wednesday 63,723 29,485 77.8 12,208 12,084 20.3
Thursday 59,863 35,061 79.0 11,460 11,832 19.4
Friday 57,360 31,093 78.1 12,225 10,698 20.2
Saturday 27,866 17,403 81.0 3,545 5,732 16.6
Total 324,691 183,233 78.6 58,477 67,518 19.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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