Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.05.22
10/06/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 28, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,182 1,106 462,345 9,266 2,571 - 263
Tuesday 126,030 1,281 475,627 6,860 1,616 - 323
Wednesday 123,867 988 472,988 6,509 1,045 - 337
Thursday 122,259 1,046 475,443 6,790 2,131 - 347
Friday 120,099 1,501 448,407 4,087 1,768 - 168
Saturday 23,932 27 11,322 51 36 - -
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Total 641,369 5,949 2,346,132 33,563 9,167 - 1,438
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 20.5 %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, May 28, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 518.3 Cattle 1,341 810
Steers 882
Heifers 819
Cows 620
Bulls 869
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 289 169
Pork 507.7 Hogs 290 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 301
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 138 70
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 1,029.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 28, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 641,369
Steers 312,320 48.7
Heifers 186,046 29.0
Dairy cows 49,874 7.8
Other cows 81,846 12.8
Bulls 11,283 1.8
Calves Total 5,949
Hogs Total 2,346,132
Barrows and gilts 2,282,795 97.3
Sows 57,325 2.4
Boars 6,012 0.3
Sheep Total 33,563
Mature sheep 2,045 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 31,518 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 28, 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 60,961 37,976 79.0 7,971 16,122 19.2
Tuesday 61,782 37,837 79.0 9,788 14,316 19.1
Wednesday 59,522 36,637 77.6 10,238 15,483 20.8
Thursday 57,466 35,957 76.4 10,265 16,365 21.8
Friday 62,600 31,130 78.0 10,281 14,075 20.3
Saturday 9,989 6,509 68.9 1,331 5,485 28.5
Total 312,320 186,046 77.7 49,874 81,846 20.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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