Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 11.06.22
24/06/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 11, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,032 1,166 472,950 8,169 2,747 - 234
Tuesday 126,303 1,136 475,561 7,969 1,544 - 285
Wednesday 124,837 1,457 478,394 6,279 1,117 - 366
Thursday 125,492 941 473,005 6,730 2,034 - 252
Friday 123,581 1,597 446,631 4,037 1,528 - 173
Saturday 47,830 4 19,050 11 24 - 68
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Total 671,075 6,301 2,365,591 33,195 8,994 - 1,378
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%Steers 48.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 19.6 %Boars 0.3
%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, June 11, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 542.8 Cattle 1,345 810
Steers 879
Heifers 814
Cows 629
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 263 154
Pork 512.0 Hogs 290 217
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 307
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 136 69
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,058.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 11, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 671,075
Steers 324,277 48.3
Heifers 203,791 30.4
Dairy cows 50,375 7.5
Other cows 81,142 12.1
Bulls 11,490 1.7
Calves Total 6,301
Hogs Total 2,365,591
Barrows and gilts 2,298,863 97.2
Sows 60,277 2.5
Boars 6,451 0.3
Sheep Total 33,195
Mature sheep 1,822 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 31,373 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 11, 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 59,835 37,940 79.5 7,210 15,915 18.8
Tuesday 59,409 39,874 78.6 9,643 15,207 19.7
Wednesday 60,755 36,661 78.0 10,376 14,937 20.3
Thursday 59,519 37,966 77.7 10,066 15,666 20.5
Friday 60,411 36,636 78.5 10,629 13,793 19.8
Saturday 24,348 14,714 81.7 2,451 5,624 16.9
Total 324,277 203,791 78.7 50,375 81,142 19.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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