Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.02.22
18/02/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 5, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,632 1,008 477,029 8,700 2,494 - 275
Tuesday 123,051 1,997 478,134 6,468 1,756 - 224
Wednesday 119,827 1,482 425,826 6,100 1,043 - 361
Thursday 113,806 647 411,343 4,898 1,882 - 176
Friday 113,560 2,317 424,871 3,271 1,116 - 344
Saturday 46,417 9 218,452 92 362 - -
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Total 635,293 7,460 2,435,655 29,529 8,653 - 1,380
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%Steers 45.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 93.3
%Heifers 31.7 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.7
%Cows 21.9 %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, February 5, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 536.0 Cattle 1,405 846
Steers 930
Heifers 854
Cows 658
Bulls 876
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 235 136
Pork 531.3 Hogs 293 218
Barrows and gilts 216
Sows 293
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,070.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 5, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 635,293
Steers 286,307 45.1
Heifers 201,117 31.7
Dairy cows 62,851 9.9
Other cows 76,129 12.0
Bulls 8,889 1.4
Calves Total 7,460
Hogs Total 2,435,655
Barrows and gilts 2,374,150 97.5
Sows 56,690 2.3
Boars 4,815 0.2
Sheep Total 29,529
Mature sheep 1,966 6.7
Lambs and yearlings 27,563 93.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 5, 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 56,202 37,027 78.6 9,223 14,529 20.0
Tuesday 57,432 37,417 77.1 12,004 14,391 21.5
Wednesday 52,007 38,960 75.9 12,435 14,749 22.7
Thursday 49,027 38,065 76.5 12,120 12,982 22.1
Friday 52,531 36,630 78.5 11,939 11,101 20.3
Saturday 19,108 13,018 69.2 5,130 8,377 29.1
Total 286,307 201,117 76.7 62,851 76,129 21.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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