Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 04.12.21
17/12/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 4, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,382 780 482,841 10,904 2,812 - 263
Tuesday 124,102 2,279 479,409 8,005 1,579 - 340
Wednesday 124,350 2,038 478,571 7,345 1,371 - 321
Thursday 124,164 1,479 482,939 8,271 1,827 - 243
Friday 119,752 2,153 472,301 5,657 1,635 - 253
Saturday 68,519 1 259,731 457 34 - 18
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Total 682,269 8,730 2,655,792 40,639 9,258 - 1,438
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%Steers 46.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 30.8 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 20.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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, December 4, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 572.1 Cattle 1,393 840
Steers 928
Heifers 851
Cows 626
Bulls 859
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 233 135
Pork 579.4 Hogs 293 218
Barrows and gilts 216
Sows 295
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 128 65
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 1,155.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 4, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 682,269
Steers 319,020 46.8
Heifers 209,916 30.8
Dairy cows 63,760 9.3
Other cows 79,089 11.6
Bulls 10,484 1.5
Calves Total 8,730
Hogs Total 2,655,792
Barrows and gilts 2,585,707 97.4
Sows 62,772 2.4
Boars 7,313 0.3
Sheep Total 40,639
Mature sheep 2,444 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 38,195 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 4, 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 63,509 33,525 79.9 8,678 14,028 18.7
Tuesday 57,539 39,747 78.4 11,118 13,680 20.0
Wednesday 56,415 38,542 76.4 12,784 14,891 22.3
Thursday 56,094 39,873 77.3 12,978 13,471 21.3
Friday 56,836 34,955 76.7 12,499 13,658 21.8
Saturday 28,627 23,274 75.7 5,703 9,361 22.0
Total 319,020 209,916 77.5 63,760 79,089 20.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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