Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 19.03.22
01/04/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,257 1,121 466,490 9,069 2,572 - 231
Tuesday 124,432 1,597 477,369 6,269 1,805 - 356
Wednesday 123,104 1,443 476,133 7,457 1,532 - 286
Thursday 122,840 867 477,963 6,705 1,968 - 274
Friday 100,052 1,448 470,821 3,856 1,637 - 207
Saturday 42,473 1 56,379 65 38 - 2
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Total 636,158 6,477 2,425,155 33,421 9,552 - 1,356
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%Steers 44.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 31.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 21.8 %Boars 0.2
%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 19, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 531.8 Cattle 1,393 838
Steers 916
Heifers 846
Cows 662
Bulls 876
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 253 147
Pork 528.9 Hogs 293 218
Barrows and gilts 216
Sows 297
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,063.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 636,158
Steers 284,440 44.7
Heifers 202,154 31.8
Dairy cows 64,097 10.1
Other cows 74,470 11.7
Bulls 10,997 1.7
Calves Total 6,477
Hogs Total 2,425,155
Barrows and gilts 2,357,914 97.2
Sows 61,222 2.5
Boars 6,019 0.2
Sheep Total 33,421
Mature sheep 2,144 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 31,277 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 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 56,464 39,897 78.2 10,339 14,267 20.0
Tuesday 55,822 39,364 76.5 12,723 14,490 21.9
Wednesday 50,932 42,515 75.9 12,408 15,341 22.5
Thursday 58,368 36,031 76.8 12,746 13,593 21.4
Friday 42,383 29,805 72.2 13,136 12,624 25.7
Saturday 20,471 14,542 82.4 2,745 4,155 16.2
Total 284,440 202,154 76.5 64,097 74,470 21.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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