Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 27.11.21
10/12/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 27, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,744 1,270 480,061 10,807 3,229 - 332
Tuesday 124,318 1,950 481,054 9,327 2,312 - 312
Wednesday 121,917 1,979 468,511 6,989 2,088 - 297
Thursday 150 275 390 297 147 - -
Friday 115,607 863 457,669 5,814 1,847 - 149
Saturday 83,792 2 366,816 697 79 - -
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Total 567,528 6,339 2,254,501 33,931 9,702 - 1,090
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 1.8 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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 27, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 477.4 Cattle 1,394 843
Steers 926
Heifers 847
Cows 630
Bulls 857
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 243 141
Pork 488.7 Hogs 291 217
Barrows and gilts 216
Sows 293
Boars 176
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 125 63
Mature sheep 60
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 969.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 27, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 567,528
Steers 276,542 48.7
Heifers 170,244 30.0
Dairy cows 48,164 8.5
Other cows 64,446 11.4
Bulls 8,132 1.4
Calves Total 6,339
Hogs Total 2,254,501
Barrows and gilts 2,207,685 97.9
Sows 41,115 1.8
Boars 5,701 0.3
Sheep Total 33,931
Mature sheep 1,857 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 32,074 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 27, 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 62,525 33,134 78.6 9,417 14,615 19.7
Tuesday 56,716 39,230 77.2 11,918 14,440 21.2
Wednesday 56,442 37,627 77.2 11,794 14,179 21.3
Thursday 2 25 18.0 77 40 78.0
Friday 58,155 33,645 79.4 10,021 12,628 19.6
Saturday 42,702 26,583 82.7 4,937 8,544 16.1
Total 276,542 170,244 78.7 48,164 64,446 19.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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