US - Hog slaughter last week was 2.211 million head, 3.6 per cent lower than the previous week and 2.1 per cent lower than what it was a year ago.The slaughter level was lower than what was implied by the last USDA Hogs and Pigs report but it is too early to conclude that slaughter numbers are starting to deviate from the inventory survey. Hog slaughter so far has tracked quite close to the inventory implied numbers and, if that continues to hold, we should expect hog slaughter to hover a little under 2.3 million head for the next two weeks and remain above 2.2 million headTotal cattle slaughter last week at 534,000 head was 1.5 per cent higher than the same week a year ago. We do not have a breakdown of the steer, heifer and cow slaughter but can make a projection based on the data reported through Thursday and the Fri/Sat slaughter. We estimate steer/heifer slaughter for the week at 423,000 head, 1.6 per cent higher than a year ago.
上周美國生豬屠宰量有221.1萬頭，和前一周相比低了3.6%，與去年同期相比下降2.1% 。生豬屠宰量水平要比美國農業部(USDA)公豬和仔豬報告暗示的水平低 。但是過早的下定結論以至于屠宰數量開始與庫存調查偏離 。生豬屠宰量目前為止與庫存調查暗示的數量十分接近，要是保持這個狀態，我們預計未來兩周生豬屠宰量徘徊在230萬頭以下，保持在220萬頭以上 。上周牛的總屠宰量有534000頭，比去年同期高1.5% 。我們沒有對閹牛、小母牛、奶牛分類，但是基于周四、周五報告的小母牛、閹牛屠宰量數據可以做出預料 。我們預計這周牛的屠宰量能達到423000頭，比去年同期增長1.6% 。
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