Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 20.11.21
03/12/2021
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 20, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,245 978 483,017 10,179 2,946 - 255
Tuesday 123,239 1,889 483,371 8,144 1,679 - 333
Wednesday 121,858 1,785 480,463 7,650 1,628 - 322
Thursday 121,651 1,196 478,504 7,564 2,133 - 319
Friday 121,631 1,913 473,791 6,654 2,031 - 312
Saturday 69,939 21 232,938 796 176 - 45
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Total 679,563 7,782 2,632,084 40,987 10,593 - 1,586
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%Steers 47.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 7.0
%Cows 20.4 %Boars 0.3
%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, November 20, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 566.9 Cattle 1,384 836
Steers 922
Heifers 849
Cows 615
Bulls 852
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 235 136
Pork 570.0 Hogs 291 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 298
Boars 191
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,140.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 20, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 679,563
Steers 323,792 47.6
Heifers 205,547 30.2
Dairy cows 59,182 8.7
Other cows 79,572 11.7
Bulls 11,470 1.7
Calves Total 7,782
Hogs Total 2,632,084
Barrows and gilts 2,562,995 97.4
Sows 62,195 2.4
Boars 6,894 0.3
Sheep Total 40,987
Mature sheep 2,859 7.0
Lambs and yearlings 38,128 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 20, 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 62,387 33,564 79.1 8,541 14,636 19.1
Tuesday 58,252 37,332 77.6 11,810 14,018 21.0
Wednesday 60,406 32,952 76.6 11,224 15,188 21.7
Thursday 58,085 37,397 78.5 10,880 13,275 19.9
Friday 56,288 38,600 78.0 11,090 13,771 20.4
Saturday 28,374 25,702 77.3 5,637 8,684 20.5
Total 323,792 205,547 77.9 59,182 79,572 20.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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