Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 22.01.22
04/02/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 22, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,401 676 392,559 3,980 1,320 - 253
Tuesday 118,401 1,550 467,602 8,305 2,733 - 261
Wednesday 116,113 2,022 461,066 6,782 1,567 - 332
Thursday 117,366 1,426 457,213 5,374 2,424 - 273
Friday 114,621 2,035 442,272 4,852 1,516 - 216
Saturday 60,266 - 215,648 535 33 - 37
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Total 637,168 7,709 2,436,360 29,828 9,593 - 1,372
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%Steers 47.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 21.5 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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 22, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 537.0 Cattle 1,403 845
Steers 925
Heifers 853
Cows 653
Bulls 865
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 244 141
Pork 534.4 Hogs 295 219
Barrows and gilts 218
Sows 295
Boars 191
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 132 67
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,074.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 22, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 637,168
Steers 299,809 47.1
Heifers 191,024 30.0
Dairy cows 62,545 9.8
Other cows 74,473 11.7
Bulls 9,317 1.5
Calves Total 7,709
Hogs Total 2,436,360
Barrows and gilts 2,370,950 97.3
Sows 58,810 2.4
Boars 6,600 0.3
Sheep Total 29,828
Mature sheep 1,829 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 27,999 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 22, 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 56,728 32,149 80.5 8,311 12,142 18.5
Tuesday 54,829 36,011 76.7 11,821 13,894 21.7
Wednesday 54,271 32,593 74.8 12,820 14,541 23.6
Thursday 56,088 33,696 76.5 12,373 13,452 22.0
Friday 51,634 37,298 77.6 12,144 12,040 21.1
Saturday 26,259 19,277 75.6 5,076 8,404 22.4
Total 299,809 191,024 77.0 62,545 74,473 21.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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