Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 25.09.21
08/10/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 25, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,938 1,122 464,646 9,135 2,326 - 239
Tuesday 122,354 1,715 462,962 6,362 1,950 - 315
Wednesday 119,998 1,570 469,722 6,410 1,309 - 273
Thursday 115,619 1,543 475,587 7,024 2,351 - 248
Friday 110,840 1,944 472,438 5,287 1,538 - 266
Saturday 54,822 4 237,287 1,113 66 - -
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Total 642,571 7,898 2,582,642 35,331 9,540 - 1,341
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%Steers 49.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 91.9
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 8.1
%Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.7
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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 25, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 532.5 Cattle 1,370 831
Steers 914
Heifers 833
Cows 619
Bulls 873
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 226 131
Pork 545.6 Hogs 284 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 295
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 119 60
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 59
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Total meat
production 1,081.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 25, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 642,571
Steers 314,866 49.0
Heifers 187,190 29.1
Dairy cows 60,421 9.4
Other cows 69,054 10.7
Bulls 11,040 1.7
Calves Total 7,898
Hogs Total 2,582,642
Barrows and gilts 2,518,517 97.5
Sows 58,713 2.3
Boars 5,412 0.2
Sheep Total 35,331
Mature sheep 2,871 8.1
Lambs and yearlings 32,460 91.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 25, 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 61,446 32,676 79.1 9,124 13,496 19.0
Tuesday 61,052 34,527 78.1 11,820 12,894 20.2
Wednesday 58,285 33,891 76.8 12,193 13,640 21.5
Thursday 54,451 34,656 77.1 12,170 12,325 21.2
Friday 55,731 31,464 78.7 11,066 10,919 19.8
Saturday 23,901 19,976 80.0 4,048 5,780 17.9
Total 314,866 187,190 78.1 60,421 69,054 20.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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