SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Feb 25, 2021 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 112,508 1,047 488,391 9,811 2,708 - 127 Tuesday 115,681 1,933 490,403 7,155 1,651 - 258 Wednesday 115,677 1,270 489,186 6,251 1,129 - 267 Thursday 114,783 1,705 486,274 7,316 1,682 - 247 Friday 107,487 2,297 481,373 5,419 1,321 - 348 Saturday 40,072 110 207,567 1,227 40 - 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 606,208 8,362 2,643,194 37,179 8,531 - 1,249 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 47.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0 %Heifers 30.3 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 6.0 %Cows 21.4 %Boars 0.2 %Bulls 1.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, February 13, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 510.1 Cattle 1,399 843 Steers 919 Heifers 850 Cows 666 Bulls 877 Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 235 136 Pork 573.6 Hogs 290 217 Barrows and gilts 215 Sows 293 Boars 182 Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 135 68 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,087.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 606,208 Steers 284,746 47.0 Heifers 183,765 30.3 Dairy cows 66,472 11.0 Other cows 63,026 10.4 Bulls 8,199 1.4 Calves Total 8,362 Hogs Total 2,643,194 Barrows and gilts 2,579,108 97.6 Sows 58,065 2.2 Boars 6,021 0.2 Sheep Total 37,179 Mature sheep 2,235 6.0 Lambs and yearlings 34,944 94.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 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 55,394 32,334 78.0 10,185 12,883 20.5 Tuesday 55,088 34,145 77.1 13,072 11,733 21.4 Wednesday 52,179 35,012 75.4 13,678 13,267 23.3 Thursday 53,819 34,373 76.8 12,968 12,045 21.8 Friday 49,250 33,421 76.9 13,598 9,733 21.7 Saturday 19,016 14,480 83.6 2,971 3,365 15.8 Total 284,746 183,765 77.3 66,472 63,026 21.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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