Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 12.02.22
25/02/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 12, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,621 1,173 479,454 8,182 2,340 - 295
Tuesday 125,580 2,055 469,199 6,034 1,777 - 356
Wednesday 124,176 1,673 475,758 6,877 1,312 - 358
Thursday 125,014 811 474,394 5,823 1,932 - 320
Friday 120,733 1,779 470,786 3,245 1,300 - 213
Saturday 52,671 4 143,460 19 21 - 51
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Total 670,795 7,495 2,513,051 30,180 8,682 - 1,593
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%Steers 46.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 21.8 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.3
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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 12, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 562.2 Cattle 1,397 840
Steers 918
Heifers 848
Cows 660
Bulls 889
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 238 138
Pork 549.4 Hogs 294 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 294
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 132 67
Mature sheep 61
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,114.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 12, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 670,795
Steers 308,268 46.0
Heifers 207,972 31.0
Dairy cows 70,006 10.4
Other cows 75,947 11.3
Bulls 8,602 1.3
Calves Total 7,495
Hogs Total 2,513,051
Barrows and gilts 2,446,370 97.3
Sows 61,018 2.4
Boars 5,663 0.2
Sheep Total 30,180
Mature sheep 1,857 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 28,323 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 12, 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 59,139 36,605 78.1 10,511 14,732 20.6
Tuesday 59,286 37,765 77.3 13,260 13,684 21.5
Wednesday 56,509 37,504 75.7 14,417 14,314 23.1
Thursday 56,369 39,547 76.7 13,643 13,893 22.0
Friday 53,091 39,715 76.9 13,415 13,056 21.9
Saturday 23,874 16,836 77.3 4,760 6,268 20.9
Total 308,268 207,972 77.0 70,006 75,947 21.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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