Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 23.04.22
06/05/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 23, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,942 996 356,497 10,501 2,353 - 190
Tuesday 124,113 1,605 482,540 9,971 1,419 - 330
Wednesday 124,941 1,049 481,717 6,906 954 - 194
Thursday 121,211 1,190 479,774 7,822 1,123 - 266
Friday 119,682 1,787 460,073 4,692 579 - 240
Saturday 62,181 7 115,257 141 123 - -
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Total 664,070 6,634 2,375,858 40,033 6,551 - 1,220
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%Steers 48.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.3
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.7
%Cows 20.0 %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, April 23, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 550.6 Cattle 1,376 831
Steers 906
Heifers 837
Cows 634
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 286 168
Pork 518.7 Hogs 293 218
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 298
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 122 61
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 61
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Total meat
production 1,072.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 23, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 664,070
Steers 322,283 48.5
Heifers 197,266 29.7
Dairy cows 56,367 8.5
Other cows 76,764 11.6
Bulls 11,390 1.7
Calves Total 6,634
Hogs Total 2,375,858
Barrows and gilts 2,313,138 97.4
Sows 56,964 2.4
Boars 5,756 0.2
Sheep Total 40,033
Mature sheep 2,698 6.7
Lambs and yearlings 37,335 93.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 23, 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 54,285 33,186 78.1 8,408 14,028 20.0
Tuesday 58,710 38,970 78.7 10,244 13,824 19.4
Wednesday 62,749 33,727 77.2 11,190 15,199 21.1
Thursday 59,324 33,487 76.6 11,385 14,862 21.7
Friday 56,110 36,602 77.5 11,659 13,129 20.7
Saturday 31,105 21,294 84.3 3,481 5,722 14.8
Total 322,283 197,266 78.2 56,367 76,764 20.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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