Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 08.01.22
21/01/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 8, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 106,777 915 451,922 8,430 2,770 - 188
Tuesday 115,884 1,701 466,261 6,562 1,595 - 318
Wednesday 113,572 1,868 461,877 6,597 1,510 - 319
Thursday 111,711 1,186 461,575 6,103 1,965 - 339
Friday 111,194 1,975 450,658 5,052 1,315 - 218
Saturday 60,341 11 259,437 87 90 - -
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Total 619,479 7,656 2,551,730 32,831 9,245 - 1,382
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%Steers 47.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 29.3 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 21.8 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.2
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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 8, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 521.3 Cattle 1,398 843
Steers 928
Heifers 851
Cows 644
Bulls 886
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 243 141
Pork 559.7 Hogs 294 219
Barrows and gilts 218
Sows 294
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 134 68
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,084.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 8, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 619,479
Steers 295,221 47.7
Heifers 181,656 29.3
Dairy cows 63,004 10.2
Other cows 71,971 11.6
Bulls 7,627 1.2
Calves Total 7,656
Hogs Total 2,551,730
Barrows and gilts 2,488,929 97.5
Sows 57,536 2.3
Boars 5,265 0.2
Sheep Total 32,831
Mature sheep 1,956 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 30,875 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 8, 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 51,993 33,573 80.1 9,067 10,943 18.7
Tuesday 53,457 35,699 76.9 11,741 13,724 22.0
Wednesday 54,847 30,901 75.5 12,327 14,073 23.2
Thursday 51,752 32,806 75.7 12,359 13,244 22.9
Friday 54,223 32,136 77.7 12,055 11,468 21.2
Saturday 28,949 16,541 75.4 5,455 8,519 23.2
Total 295,221 181,656 77.0 63,004 71,971 21.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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