Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 12.03.22
25/03/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 12, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,705 1,244 465,966 8,769 2,449 - 193
Tuesday 123,680 1,902 480,171 7,095 1,701 - 314
Wednesday 124,609 1,389 477,960 7,010 1,344 - 261
Thursday 123,171 919 473,305 5,398 1,869 - 278
Friday 110,277 1,756 475,901 4,456 1,550 - 220
Saturday 33,094 3 98,257 51 78 - -
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Total 636,536 7,213 2,471,560 32,779 8,991 - 1,266
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%Steers 44.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 31.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 22.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 12, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 531.9 Cattle 1,392 838
Steers 917
Heifers 849
Cows 655
Bulls 884
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 248 144
Pork 540.4 Hogs 293 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 297
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 1,075.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 12, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 636,536
Steers 284,442 44.7
Heifers 200,809 31.5
Dairy cows 64,957 10.2
Other cows 75,217 11.8
Bulls 11,111 1.7
Calves Total 7,213
Hogs Total 2,471,560
Barrows and gilts 2,403,286 97.2
Sows 61,929 2.5
Boars 6,345 0.3
Sheep Total 32,779
Mature sheep 1,758 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 31,021 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 58,485 34,471 76.4 11,071 15,555 21.9
Tuesday 54,217 40,334 76.4 12,461 14,358 21.7
Wednesday 55,311 39,931 76.4 12,882 14,365 21.9
Thursday 55,156 39,850 77.1 12,766 13,336 21.2
Friday 48,779 34,329 75.4 12,574 12,610 22.8
Saturday 12,494 11,894 73.7 3,203 4,993 24.8
Total 284,442 200,809 76.2 64,957 75,217 22.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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