SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Apr 29, 2021 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 17, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 113,438 905 484,056 11,964 2,599 - 207 Tuesday 116,788 1,588 482,509 8,373 1,769 - 322 Wednesday 115,811 1,122 477,710 7,271 1,263 - 289 Thursday 113,145 979 473,688 8,315 1,775 - 239 Friday 113,344 1,505 462,824 7,353 1,544 - 239 Saturday 68,057 5 72,281 245 48 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 640,583 6,104 2,453,068 43,521 8,998 - 1,296 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6 %Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.4 %Cows 20.0 %Boars 0.2 %Bulls 1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, April 17, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 530.5 Cattle 1,373 830 Steers 898 Heifers 837 Cows 650 Bulls 896 Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 269 157 Pork 532.0 Hogs 291 217 Barrows and gilts 215 Sows 307 Boars 206 Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 127 64 Mature sheep 68 Lambs and yearlings 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,066.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 17, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 640,583 Steers 306,181 47.8 Heifers 195,048 30.4 Dairy cows 60,411 9.4 Other cows 67,868 10.6 Bulls 11,075 1.7 Calves Total 6,104 Hogs Total 2,453,068 Barrows and gilts 2,386,306 97.3 Sows 61,517 2.5 Boars 5,245 0.2 Sheep Total 43,521 Mature sheep 2,791 6.4 Lambs and yearlings 40,730 93.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 17, 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 54,417 35,222 79.0 9,055 12,564 19.1 Tuesday 54,801 36,022 77.8 11,682 12,181 20.4 Wednesday 55,050 33,163 76.2 12,135 13,665 22.3 Thursday 54,721 33,071 77.6 11,706 11,607 20.6 Friday 55,256 34,015 78.8 11,242 11,160 19.8 Saturday 31,936 23,555 81.5 4,591 6,691 16.6 Total 306,181 195,048 78.2 60,411 67,868 20.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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