Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 6.11.21
19/11/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 6, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,768 998 474,182 10,356 2,951 - 353
Tuesday 122,624 2,060 481,015 7,104 1,973 - 274
Wednesday 122,367 1,726 476,111 7,016 1,349 - 317
Thursday 123,472 1,253 477,172 6,733 2,638 - 338
Friday 118,841 1,894 473,089 6,079 1,754 - 261
Saturday 43,979 2 230,512 828 60 - -
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Total 652,051 7,933 2,612,081 38,116 10,725 - 1,543
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%Steers 45.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 92.6
%Heifers 32.3 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 7.4
%Cows 20.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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, November 6, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 540.4 Cattle 1,376 831
Steers 919
Heifers 842
Cows 617
Bulls 854
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 240 140
Pork 563.5 Hogs 290 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 300
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,107.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 6, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 652,051
Steers 294,476 45.2
Heifers 210,821 32.3
Dairy cows 59,859 9.2
Other cows 76,393 11.7
Bulls 10,502 1.6
Calves Total 7,933
Hogs Total 2,612,081
Barrows and gilts 2,543,817 97.4
Sows 60,618 2.3
Boars 7,646 0.3
Sheep Total 38,116
Mature sheep 2,816 7.4
Lambs and yearlings 35,300 92.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 6, 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 54,203 41,330 79.1 9,249 14,085 19.3
Tuesday 55,112 40,284 77.8 11,039 14,117 20.5
Wednesday 53,574 40,277 76.7 11,080 15,550 21.8
Thursday 56,911 39,950 78.4 11,794 12,989 20.1
Friday 54,767 37,088 77.3 11,965 13,088 21.1
Saturday 19,909 11,892 72.3 4,732 6,564 25.7
Total 294,476 210,821 77.5 59,859 76,393 20.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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