Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.08.21
10/09/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 28, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,535 1,093 439,320 9,468 2,761 - 150
Tuesday 119,665 2,098 472,603 6,169 1,747 - 272
Wednesday 113,845 1,711 472,983 6,744 1,354 - 258
Thursday 113,423 1,457 472,926 6,265 2,246 - 222
Friday 116,251 1,858 462,856 5,053 1,671 - 300
Saturday 72,842 10 110,319 190 106 - 23
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Total 652,561 8,227 2,431,007 33,889 9,885 - 1,225
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%Steers 48.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 91.4
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 8.6
%Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.2
%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, August 28, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 534.9 Cattle 1,358 822
Steers 901
Heifers 821
Cows 621
Bulls 896
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 207 120
Pork 506.7 Hogs 280 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 300
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 122 61
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 61
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Total meat
production 1,044.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 28, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 652,561
Steers 319,145 48.9
Heifers 189,436 29.0
Dairy cows 62,379 9.6
Other cows 69,032 10.6
Bulls 12,569 1.9
Calves Total 8,227
Hogs Total 2,431,007
Barrows and gilts 2,365,365 97.3
Sows 59,778 2.5
Boars 5,864 0.2
Sheep Total 33,889
Mature sheep 2,927 8.6
Lambs and yearlings 30,962 91.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 28, 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 57,125 34,672 78.8 9,788 12,633 19.2
Tuesday 57,970 35,051 77.7 11,632 12,738 20.4
Wednesday 55,594 31,518 76.5 12,247 12,293 21.6
Thursday 58,957 28,876 77.4 11,586 11,727 20.6
Friday 57,611 32,517 77.5 11,836 12,148 20.6
Saturday 31,888 26,802 80.6 5,290 7,493 17.5
Total 319,145 189,436 77.9 62,379 69,032 20.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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