Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 1.01.22
14/01/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 1, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,360 890 468,610 7,796 2,991 - 161
Tuesday 121,173 1,639 476,031 8,821 2,368 - 175
Wednesday 117,832 1,931 472,934 7,592 1,884 - 301
Thursday 115,451 1,879 456,826 6,162 2,406 - 353
Friday 56,283 1,039 279,989 763 940 - 124
Saturday 19 - 1 - - - -
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Total 524,118 7,378 2,154,391 31,134 10,589 - 1,114
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%Steers 48.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.7 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.1 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 21.2 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.3
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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, January 1, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 442.7 Cattle 1,404 847
Steers 928
Heifers 855
Cows 648
Bulls 877
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 227 131
Pork 469.0 Hogs 292 218
Barrows and gilts 216
Sows 291
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 914.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 1, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 524,118
Steers 252,033 48.1
Heifers 154,044 29.4
Dairy cows 52,393 10.0
Other cows 58,627 11.2
Bulls 7,021 1.3
Calves Total 7,378
Hogs Total 2,154,391
Barrows and gilts 2,104,337 97.7
Sows 44,985 2.1
Boars 5,069 0.2
Sheep Total 31,134
Mature sheep 1,928 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 29,206 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 1, 2022
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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 58,169 32,040 79.6 9,819 12,004 19.3
Tuesday 58,998 35,148 77.7 12,167 13,189 20.9
Wednesday 58,102 33,701 77.9 12,190 12,352 20.8
Thursday 53,483 36,250 77.7 11,600 12,668 21.0
Friday 23,276 16,896 71.4 6,617 8,411 26.7
Saturday 5 9 73.7 - 3 15.8
Total 252,033 154,044 77.5 52,393 58,627 21.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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