Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 04.09.21
17/09/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 4, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,722 957 470,206 10,130 2,404 - 131
Tuesday 120,302 1,940 477,282 6,634 1,939 - 290
Wednesday 119,099 1,662 474,777 5,760 1,438 - 313
Thursday 117,518 1,532 476,231 6,932 2,163 - 219
Friday 113,813 1,844 456,202 6,678 1,643 - 312
Saturday 33,541 76 30,099 98 71 - -
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Total 620,995 8,011 2,384,797 36,232 9,658 - 1,265
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%Steers 49.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 91.3
%Heifers 28.6 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 8.7
%Cows 20.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 2.0
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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, September 4, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 510.7 Cattle 1,361 824
Steers 906
Heifers 822
Cows 622
Bulls 894
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 214 124
Pork 497.4 Hogs 280 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 298
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 118 60
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 59
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Total meat
production 1,011.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 4, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 620,995
Steers 305,371 49.2
Heifers 177,376 28.6
Dairy cows 58,822 9.5
Other cows 67,282 10.8
Bulls 12,144 2.0
Calves Total 8,011
Hogs Total 2,384,797
Barrows and gilts 2,320,848 97.3
Sows 57,782 2.4
Boars 6,167 0.3
Sheep Total 36,232
Mature sheep 3,141 8.7
Lambs and yearlings 33,091 91.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 4, 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 54,064 38,246 79.1 9,063 12,892 18.8
Tuesday 63,527 31,500 79.0 11,802 11,257 19.2
Wednesday 61,667 29,921 76.9 11,639 13,791 21.4
Thursday 56,565 35,521 78.4 11,093 12,214 19.8
Friday 55,531 33,496 78.2 11,628 11,182 20.0
Saturday 14,017 8,692 67.7 3,597 5,946 28.5
Total 305,371 177,376 77.7 58,822 67,282 20.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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