Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 26.03.22
08/04/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 26, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,256 1,292 468,690 9,841 2,738 - 265
Tuesday 122,893 1,736 473,366 8,099 1,701 - 308
Wednesday 123,474 1,118 481,815 6,287 1,478 - 336
Thursday 122,330 1,206 474,849 7,747 2,266 - 257
Friday 113,861 1,543 456,193 5,340 1,733 - 213
Saturday 57,657 6 56,109 823 60 - -
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Total 657,471 6,901 2,411,022 38,137 9,976 - 1,379
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%Steers 44.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 32.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 21.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 26, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 546.0 Cattle 1,380 832
Steers 910
Heifers 842
Cows 648
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 264 153
Pork 526.4 Hogs 293 218
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 293
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,076.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 26, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 657,471
Steers 294,670 44.8
Heifers 210,392 32.0
Dairy cows 64,157 9.8
Other cows 76,653 11.7
Bulls 11,599 1.8
Calves Total 6,901
Hogs Total 2,411,022
Barrows and gilts 2,346,543 97.3
Sows 58,134 2.4
Boars 6,345 0.3
Sheep Total 38,137
Mature sheep 2,093 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 36,044 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 54,334 34,379 75.7 11,010 15,285 22.4
Tuesday 56,339 37,354 76.2 12,048 15,002 22.0
Wednesday 52,443 41,111 75.8 12,305 15,471 22.5
Thursday 51,827 42,266 76.9 12,618 13,532 21.4
Friday 51,529 35,303 76.3 12,658 12,434 22.0
Saturday 28,198 19,979 83.6 3,518 4,929 14.7
Total 294,670 210,392 76.8 64,157 76,653 21.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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