Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 02.04.22
19/04/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 2, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,590 1,229 478,457 10,412 2,933 - 302
Tuesday 124,980 1,770 484,605 7,589 2,139 - 315
Wednesday 125,179 1,008 479,475 8,140 1,581 - 314
Thursday 120,011 1,333 478,578 8,566 2,476 - 285
Friday 108,700 1,410 459,144 6,083 1,735 - 308
Saturday 40,396 11 59,208 1,131 274 - -
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Total 638,856 6,761 2,439,467 41,921 11,138 - 1,524
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%Steers 46.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 31.1 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 21.1 %Boars 0.2
%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, April 2, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 530.7 Cattle 1,380 833
Steers 909
Heifers 842
Cows 649
Bulls 867
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 279 163
Pork 534.2 Hogs 294 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 296
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,068.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 2, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 638,856
Steers 293,575 46.0
Heifers 198,964 31.1
Dairy cows 61,014 9.6
Other cows 74,070 11.6
Bulls 11,233 1.8
Calves Total 6,761
Hogs Total 2,439,467
Barrows and gilts 2,371,486 97.2
Sows 62,492 2.6
Boars 5,489 0.2
Sheep Total 41,921
Mature sheep 2,206 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 39,715 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 2, 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 56,308 35,810 77.0 9,513 15,637 21.0
Tuesday 58,671 37,806 77.2 12,955 13,355 21.1
Wednesday 54,665 40,881 76.3 12,581 14,998 22.0
Thursday 52,827 39,238 76.7 11,790 13,939 21.4
Friday 49,626 32,424 75.5 11,906 12,644 22.6
Saturday 21,478 12,805 84.9 2,269 3,497 14.3
Total 293,575 198,964 77.1 61,014 74,070 21.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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