Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 18.09.21
01/10/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 18, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,709 1,274 470,225 10,266 2,663 - 169
Tuesday 120,037 1,816 480,601 7,026 1,518 - 353
Wednesday 119,124 1,314 471,644 6,783 1,512 - 296
Thursday 118,627 1,369 466,469 7,006 1,930 - 202
Friday 115,992 1,949 470,552 5,578 1,696 - 298
Saturday 63,113 5 185,883 803 96 - 14
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Total 649,602 7,727 2,545,374 37,462 9,415 - 1,332
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%Steers 49.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 91.9
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 8.1
%Cows 19.7 %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, September 18, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 537.4 Cattle 1,367 829
Steers 912
Heifers 828
Cows 617
Bulls 874
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 213 124
Pork 535.5 Hogs 283 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 294
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 119 60
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 60
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Total meat
production 1,076.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 18, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 649,602
Steers 321,859 49.5
Heifers 188,033 28.9
Dairy cows 62,439 9.6
Other cows 65,295 10.1
Bulls 11,976 1.8
Calves Total 7,727
Hogs Total 2,545,374
Barrows and gilts 2,481,325 97.5
Sows 58,419 2.3
Boars 5,630 0.2
Sheep Total 37,462
Mature sheep 3,042 8.1
Lambs and yearlings 34,420 91.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 18, 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 56,563 32,259 78.8 9,687 12,100 19.3
Tuesday 58,447 36,246 78.9 11,945 11,068 19.2
Wednesday 57,852 33,765 76.9 12,569 12,913 21.4
Thursday 58,933 33,537 78.0 11,889 12,057 20.2
Friday 61,082 30,776 79.2 11,377 10,821 19.1
Saturday 28,982 21,450 79.9 4,972 6,336 17.9
Total 321,859 188,033 78.5 62,439 65,295 19.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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