Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 25.12.21
07/01/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 25, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,706 1,183 482,338 10,656 4,245 - 161
Tuesday 119,952 2,212 478,006 7,705 2,299 - 312
Wednesday 122,054 1,817 464,643 8,036 2,547 - 263
Thursday 114,941 1,655 453,809 7,332 2,322 - 339
Friday 9,152 1,092 46,627 1,025 758 - -
Saturday 11 - - - - - -
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Total 486,816 7,959 1,925,423 34,754 12,171 - 1,075
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%Steers 47.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 21.4 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.6
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- 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.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 25, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 408.7 Cattle 1,396 842
Steers 925
Heifers 851
Cows 641
Bulls 848
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 235 136
Pork 416.4 Hogs 291 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 294
Boars 187
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 122 61
Mature sheep 58
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 828.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 25, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 486,816
Steers 233,119 47.9
Heifers 141,993 29.2
Dairy cows 47,517 9.8
Other cows 56,551 11.6
Bulls 7,636 1.6
Calves Total 7,959
Hogs Total 1,925,423
Barrows and gilts 1,872,929 97.3
Sows 47,978 2.5
Boars 4,516 0.2
Sheep Total 34,754
Mature sheep 2,047 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 32,707 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 25, 2021
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Number of head slaughtered
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Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
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Monday 52,949 39,435 76.5 9,757 16,506 21.8
Tuesday 56,751 35,861 77.2 11,587 13,926 21.3
Wednesday 61,577 33,340 77.8 12,395 12,781 20.6
Thursday 58,253 31,861 78.4 11,216 11,935 20.1
Friday 3,585 1,493 55.5 2,562 1,400 43.3
Saturday 4 3 63.6 - 3 27.3
Total 233,119 141,993 77.1 47,517 56,551 21.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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