Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 16.10.21
29/10/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 16, 2021
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday 118,107 936 474,132 7,229 1,346 - 263
Tuesday 119,856 1,967 481,627 8,650 3,218 - 250
Wednesday 118,384 1,695 474,415 7,419 1,594 - 303
Thursday 121,343 1,406 474,269 7,496 2,423 - 199
Friday 107,170 2,126 470,671 6,501 1,542 - 323
Saturday 58,274 6 254,698 738 45 - -
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 643,134 8,136 2,629,812 38,033 10,168 - 1,338
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%Steers 46.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 92.5
%Heifers 31.5 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 7.5
%Cows 20.3 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.7
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 16, 2021
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 535.5 Cattle 1,379 834
Steers 922
Heifers 840
Cows 622
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 222 129
Pork 563.1 Hogs 288 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 297
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 123 62
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 62
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total meat
production 1,101.9
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 16, 2021
------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Percent
Species head of total
------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle Total 643,134
Steers 298,706 46.4
Heifers 202,797 31.5
Dairy cows 60,717 9.4
Other cows 70,086 10.9
Bulls 10,828 1.7
Calves Total 8,136
Hogs Total 2,629,812
Barrows and gilts 2,566,874 97.6
Sows 56,876 2.2
Boars 6,062 0.2
Sheep Total 38,033
Mature sheep 2,862 7.5
Lambs and yearlings 35,171 92.5
------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 16, 2021
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of head slaughtered
------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday 54,320 38,512 78.6 9,530 13,880 19.8
Tuesday 54,189 39,319 78.0 11,361 12,900 20.2
Wednesday 54,237 36,935 77.0 11,768 13,644 21.5
Thursday 55,878 38,781 78.0 12,443 12,142 20.3
Friday 53,214 28,878 76.6 11,233 11,938 21.6
Saturday 26,868 20,372 81.1 4,382 5,582 17.1
Total 298,706 202,797 78.0 60,717 70,086 20.3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
Share this story:
