Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection -26.02.22
11/03/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 26, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,929 940 470,761 6,252 1,489 - 318
Tuesday 125,267 1,809 471,481 7,965 2,459 - 294
Wednesday 125,414 1,653 474,281 6,635 1,376 - 309
Thursday 122,966 960 477,654 6,512 1,971 - 304
Friday 117,348 1,845 472,450 3,011 1,443 - 312
Saturday 49,720 4 125,721 26 24 - -
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Total 650,644 7,211 2,492,348 30,401 8,762 - 1,537
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%Steers 47.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 21.1 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.6
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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 26, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 546.9 Cattle 1,394 843
Steers 918
Heifers 853
Cows 655
Bulls 873
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 246 143
Pork 543.2 Hogs 292 218
Barrows and gilts 216
Sows 291
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,093.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 26, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 650,644
Steers 306,909 47.2
Heifers 196,353 30.2
Dairy cows 65,240 10.0
Other cows 71,949 11.1
Bulls 10,193 1.6
Calves Total 7,211
Hogs Total 2,492,348
Barrows and gilts 2,428,236 97.4
Sows 59,187 2.4
Boars 4,925 0.2
Sheep Total 30,401
Mature sheep 1,831 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 28,570 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 26, 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 50,585 32,323 75.4 10,702 14,371 22.8
Tuesday 61,713 35,237 77.4 12,409 13,846 21.0
Wednesday 56,880 38,620 76.1 13,915 14,054 22.3
Thursday 57,752 38,936 78.6 12,719 11,724 19.9
Friday 55,646 35,382 77.6 11,317 13,178 20.9
Saturday 24,333 15,855 80.8 4,178 4,776 18.0
Total 306,909 196,353 77.3 65,240 71,949 21.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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