Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 15.01.22
28/01/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 15, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,720 1,004 447,099 9,138 2,550 - 242
Tuesday 114,359 2,026 453,277 6,688 1,875 - 273
Wednesday 113,623 1,510 430,784 6,621 1,527 - 328
Thursday 115,952 990 463,141 5,671 2,054 - 296
Friday 111,791 2,110 423,682 4,402 1,425 - 254
Saturday 49,843 8 148,940 75 68 - 35
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Total 618,288 7,648 2,366,923 32,595 9,499 - 1,428
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%Steers 46.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 30.3 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 22.2 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.4
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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 15, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 517.4 Cattle 1,400 839
Steers 922
Heifers 851
Cows 646
Bulls 869
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 240 140
Pork 518.7 Hogs 294 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 296
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,039.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 15, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 618,288
Steers 284,826 46.1
Heifers 187,168 30.3
Dairy cows 62,065 10.0
Other cows 75,472 12.2
Bulls 8,757 1.4
Calves Total 7,648
Hogs Total 2,366,923
Barrows and gilts 2,298,648 97.1
Sows 63,197 2.7
Boars 5,078 0.2
Sheep Total 32,595
Mature sheep 1,967 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 30,628 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 15, 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 53,196 34,186 77.5 9,739 14,017 21.1
Tuesday 52,630 34,176 75.9 11,512 14,513 22.8
Wednesday 50,684 34,785 75.2 12,784 13,914 23.5
Thursday 54,258 34,801 76.8 12,637 12,631 21.8
Friday 51,937 33,514 76.4 11,311 13,418 22.1
Saturday 22,121 15,706 75.9 4,082 6,979 22.2
Total 284,826 187,168 76.3 62,065 75,472 22.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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