Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 29.01.22
11/02/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 29, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,699 1,034 452,332 8,248 2,754 - 360
Tuesday 121,085 2,112 470,755 6,615 1,726 - 340
Wednesday 119,763 1,771 476,089 5,753 1,364 - 359
Thursday 120,598 882 473,942 5,069 1,845 - 265
Friday 117,610 1,848 462,995 3,409 1,032 - 300
Saturday 58,147 11 193,593 106 232 - -
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Total 654,902 7,658 2,529,706 29,200 8,953 - 1,624
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%Steers 47.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 21.7 %Boars 0.2
%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 29, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 552.5 Cattle 1,404 845
Steers 928
Heifers 854
Cows 652
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 239 138
Pork 554.6 Hogs 294 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 296
Boars 184
Lamb and mutton 1.9 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 60
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 1,110.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 29, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 654,902
Steers 310,751 47.5
Heifers 192,301 29.4
Dairy cows 64,016 9.8
Other cows 78,029 11.9
Bulls 9,805 1.5
Calves Total 7,658
Hogs Total 2,529,706
Barrows and gilts 2,462,502 97.3
Sows 61,194 2.4
Boars 6,010 0.2
Sheep Total 29,200
Mature sheep 1,781 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 27,419 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 29, 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 57,170 33,619 77.1 10,354 14,832 21.4
Tuesday 55,546 36,780 76.2 12,084 14,926 22.3
Wednesday 56,566 33,975 75.6 12,765 14,727 23.0
Thursday 56,698 36,914 77.6 11,868 13,431 21.0
Friday 58,470 33,527 78.2 12,079 11,851 20.3
Saturday 26,301 17,486 75.3 4,866 8,262 22.6
Total 310,751 192,301 76.8 64,016 78,029 21.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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