Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 21.08.21
03/09/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 21, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,450 1,094 475,035 9,075 2,673 - 186
Tuesday 121,634 2,113 471,288 6,433 1,895 - 272
Wednesday 120,020 1,459 473,101 6,145 1,320 - 249
Thursday 118,134 1,439 472,089 6,637 1,847 - 186
Friday 116,615 1,778 457,969 3,805 1,688 - 242
Saturday 71,570 5 82,120 1,103 109 - -
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Total 666,423 7,888 2,431,602 33,198 9,532 - 1,135
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%Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 91.3
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 8.7
%Cows 19.4 %Boars 0.2
%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, August 21, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 548.2 Cattle 1,359 824
Steers 903
Heifers 820
Cows 620
Bulls 894
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 208 120
Pork 506.9 Hogs 280 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 302
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 118 59
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 59
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Total meat
production 1,058.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 21, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 666,423
Steers 336,021 50.4
Heifers 189,004 28.4
Dairy cows 58,983 8.9
Other cows 70,546 10.6
Bulls 11,869 1.8
Calves Total 7,888
Hogs Total 2,431,602
Barrows and gilts 2,368,124 97.4
Sows 57,772 2.4
Boars 5,706 0.2
Sheep Total 33,198
Mature sheep 2,872 8.7
Lambs and yearlings 30,326 91.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 21, 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 62,447 30,931 78.8 8,936 13,778 19.2
Tuesday 58,845 36,382 78.3 11,261 12,915 19.9
Wednesday 59,297 33,102 77.0 11,497 14,100 21.3
Thursday 60,660 31,060 77.6 11,308 12,884 20.5
Friday 59,626 31,664 78.3 11,805 11,584 20.1
Saturday 35,146 25,865 85.2 4,176 5,285 13.2
Total 336,021 189,004 78.8 58,983 70,546 19.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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