Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 07.05.22
20/05/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 7, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,660 1,294 476,428 7,679 1,342 - 255
Tuesday 126,397 1,364 481,396 7,052 2,236 - 261
Wednesday 125,997 1,294 478,827 5,942 1,300 - 293
Thursday 125,150 1,149 477,505 6,619 1,974 - 267
Friday 121,120 1,152 440,600 3,922 1,356 - 207
Saturday 49,937 6 49,895 33 51 - 78
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Total 661,261 6,259 2,404,651 31,247 8,259 - 1,361
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%Steers 48.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.2
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.8
%Cows 20.3 %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, May 7, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 543.7 Cattle 1,364 824
Steers 898
Heifers 831
Cows 631
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 282 166
Pork 526.2 Hogs 293 219
Barrows and gilts 217
Sows 301
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 1,073.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 7, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 661,261
Steers 319,745 48.4
Heifers 196,084 29.7
Dairy cows 56,394 8.5
Other cows 77,722 11.8
Bulls 11,316 1.7
Calves Total 6,259
Hogs Total 2,404,651
Barrows and gilts 2,342,040 97.4
Sows 56,952 2.4
Boars 5,659 0.2
Sheep Total 31,247
Mature sheep 2,135 6.8
Lambs and yearlings 29,112 93.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 7, 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 55,857 30,659 76.8 8,705 15,394 21.4
Tuesday 60,335 38,206 78.0 11,320 14,315 20.3
Wednesday 56,363 41,177 77.4 11,563 14,740 20.9
Thursday 62,543 33,462 76.7 11,790 15,145 21.5
Friday 59,396 36,186 78.9 10,260 13,244 19.4
Saturday 25,251 16,394 83.4 2,756 4,884 15.3
Total 319,745 196,084 78.0 56,394 77,722 20.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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