SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jan 21, 2021 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, January 9, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 112,113 1,065 486,012 7,905 2,824 - 176 Tuesday 118,416 2,261 488,024 7,991 1,646 - 329 Wednesday 117,923 1,991 491,933 5,680 1,359 - 251 Thursday 119,023 1,180 493,864 7,057 2,051 - 243 Friday 118,774 2,034 485,295 5,276 1,433 - 200 Saturday 66,081 6 384,366 70 68 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 652,330 8,537 2,829,494 33,979 9,381 - 1,199 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2 %Heifers 29.9 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.8 %Cows 21.0 %Boars 0.2 %Bulls 1.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, January 9, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 549.1 Cattle 1,401 844 Steers 923 Heifers 851 Cows 649 Bulls 883 Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 231 133 Pork 627.9 Hogs 297 222 Barrows and gilts 220 Sows 303 Boars 186 Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 134 67 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,180.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, January 9, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 652,330 Steers 311,542 47.8 Heifers 195,146 29.9 Dairy cows 67,493 10.3 Other cows 69,733 10.7 Bulls 8,416 1.3 Calves Total 8,537 Hogs Total 2,829,494 Barrows and gilts 2,752,347 97.3 Sows 70,686 2.5 Boars 6,461 0.2 Sheep Total 33,979 Mature sheep 2,296 6.8 Lambs and yearlings 31,683 93.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, January 9, 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 51,983 36,565 79.0 8,369 14,029 20.0 Tuesday 59,209 32,574 77.5 12,944 12,207 21.2 Wednesday 54,838 36,216 77.2 12,970 12,540 21.6 Thursday 60,075 33,198 78.4 13,229 10,942 20.3 Friday 57,033 35,076 77.5 13,494 11,446 21.0 Saturday 28,404 21,517 75.5 6,487 8,569 22.8 Total 311,542 195,146 77.7 67,493 69,733 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO (816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls711.txt www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain