Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 04.06.22
17/06/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 4, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 3,336 386 1,350 1,906 918 - -
Tuesday 126,521 1,280 468,371 8,943 2,363 - 263
Wednesday 128,130 1,664 480,478 6,151 1,488 - 249
Thursday 128,556 1,091 474,284 7,780 2,221 - 203
Friday 125,003 1,653 473,608 5,777 1,255 - 222
Saturday 96,095 - 146,336 63 66 - -
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Total 607,641 6,074 2,044,427 30,620 8,311 - 937
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%Steers 49.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.3
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.7
%Cows 19.4 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.6
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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, June 4, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 493.0 Cattle 1,346 813
Steers 882
Heifers 814
Cows 630
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 262 153
Pork 444.5 Hogs 291 218
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 302
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 940.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 4, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 607,641
Steers 298,878 49.2
Heifers 180,901 29.8
Dairy cows 48,839 8.0
Other cows 69,103 11.4
Bulls 9,920 1.6
Calves Total 6,074
Hogs Total 2,044,427
Barrows and gilts 1,990,346 97.4
Sows 49,140 2.4
Boars 4,941 0.2
Sheep Total 30,620
Mature sheep 2,043 6.7
Lambs and yearlings 28,577 93.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 4, 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 1,232 646 56.3 788 596 41.5
Tuesday 63,173 35,695 78.1 11,063 14,365 20.1
Wednesday 63,351 37,802 78.9 10,855 14,154 19.5
Thursday 61,137 39,375 78.2 10,516 15,530 20.3
Friday 59,960 38,638 78.9 10,952 13,516 19.6
Saturday 50,025 28,745 82.0 4,665 10,942 16.2
Total 298,878 180,901 79.0 48,839 69,103 19.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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