Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.03.22
18/03/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 5, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,758 1,184 452,062 8,005 2,684 - 284
Tuesday 127,192 1,817 479,354 7,129 1,660 - 302
Wednesday 124,242 1,547 480,609 6,496 963 - 254
Thursday 126,082 974 476,878 5,876 2,008 - 240
Friday 121,223 1,667 471,249 4,257 1,476 - 286
Saturday 35,849 4 59,112 137 76 - -
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Total 659,346 7,193 2,419,264 31,900 8,867 - 1,366
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%Steers 45.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 21.4 %Boars 0.3
%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, March 5, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 553.4 Cattle 1,396 841
Steers 919
Heifers 848
Cows 659
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 253 148
Pork 526.7 Hogs 292 218
Barrows and gilts 216
Sows 299
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,083.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 5, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 659,346
Steers 301,926 45.8
Heifers 206,023 31.2
Dairy cows 67,541 10.2
Other cows 73,312 11.1
Bulls 10,544 1.6
Calves Total 7,193
Hogs Total 2,419,264
Barrows and gilts 2,348,819 97.1
Sows 63,987 2.6
Boars 6,458 0.3
Sheep Total 31,900
Mature sheep 1,849 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 30,051 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 58,474 39,408 78.5 10,363 14,427 19.9
Tuesday 58,856 39,803 77.6 12,675 13,828 20.8
Wednesday 52,785 41,238 75.7 13,350 14,821 22.7
Thursday 57,059 39,977 77.0 13,092 14,133 21.6
Friday 59,101 34,489 77.2 13,255 12,354 21.1
Saturday 15,651 11,108 74.6 4,806 3,749 23.9
Total 301,926 206,023 77.0 67,541 73,312 21.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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