SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Sep 16, 2021 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 4, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 116,722 957 470,206 10,130 2,404 - 131 Tuesday 120,302 1,940 477,282 6,634 1,939 - 290 Wednesday 119,099 1,662 474,777 5,760 1,438 - 313 Thursday 117,518 1,532 476,231 6,932 2,163 - 219 Friday 113,813 1,844 456,202 6,678 1,643 - 312 Saturday 33,541 76 30,099 98 71 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 620,995 8,011 2,384,797 36,232 9,658 - 1,265 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 49.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 91.3 %Heifers 28.6 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 8.7 %Cows 20.3 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 2.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, September 4, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 510.7 Cattle 1,361 824 Steers 906 Heifers 822 Cows 622 Bulls 894 Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 214 124 Pork 497.4 Hogs 280 209 Barrows and gilts 206 Sows 298 Boars 207 Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 118 60 Mature sheep 66 Lambs and yearlings 59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,011.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 4, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 620,995 Steers 305,371 49.2 Heifers 177,376 28.6 Dairy cows 58,822 9.5 Other cows 67,282 10.8 Bulls 12,144 2.0 Calves Total 8,011 Hogs Total 2,384,797 Barrows and gilts 2,320,848 97.3 Sows 57,782 2.4 Boars 6,167 0.3 Sheep Total 36,232 Mature sheep 3,141 8.7 Lambs and yearlings 33,091 91.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 4, 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 54,064 38,246 79.1 9,063 12,892 18.8 Tuesday 63,527 31,500 79.0 11,802 11,257 19.2 Wednesday 61,667 29,921 76.9 11,639 13,791 21.4 Thursday 56,565 35,521 78.4 11,093 12,214 19.8 Friday 55,531 33,496 78.2 11,628 11,182 20.0 Saturday 14,017 8,692 67.7 3,597 5,946 28.5 Total 305,371 177,376 77.7 58,822 67,282 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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