Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 18.06.22
01/07/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,282 1,372 460,524 8,316 2,596 - 274
Tuesday 123,952 1,124 469,665 6,759 1,734 - 259
Wednesday 126,556 1,349 468,887 6,597 1,218 - 337
Thursday 126,988 1,140 468,177 6,389 2,106 - 259
Friday 123,110 1,758 451,064 4,203 1,291 - 257
Saturday 47,503 - 43,962 11 18 - 39
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Total 668,391 6,743 2,362,279 32,275 8,963 - 1,425
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%Steers 48.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 19.7 %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, June 18, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 539.3 Cattle 1,339 808
Steers 879
Heifers 810
Cows 625
Bulls 880
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 257 149
Pork 508.4 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 304
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,050.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 668,391
Steers 323,262 48.4
Heifers 201,280 30.1
Dairy cows 54,117 8.1
Other cows 77,388 11.6
Bulls 12,344 1.8
Calves Total 6,743
Hogs Total 2,362,279
Barrows and gilts 2,294,724 97.1
Sows 61,390 2.6
Boars 6,165 0.3
Sheep Total 32,275
Mature sheep 1,995 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 30,280 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 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 57,142 36,360 77.7 8,860 15,391 20.2
Tuesday 58,204 38,530 78.0 10,818 13,959 20.0
Wednesday 60,301 37,682 77.4 10,755 15,571 20.8
Thursday 61,936 36,865 77.8 10,819 15,003 20.3
Friday 61,061 36,196 79.0 10,795 12,697 19.1
Saturday 24,618 15,647 84.8 2,070 4,767 14.4
Total 323,262 201,280 78.5 54,117 77,388 19.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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