Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 25.06.22
08/07/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 25, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,028 1,282 449,299 7,192 1,604 - 269
Tuesday 127,670 1,514 469,933 7,483 2,282 - 341
Wednesday 126,324 901 468,530 7,096 1,299 - 354
Thursday 123,259 1,144 467,522 7,005 1,760 - 265
Friday 121,705 1,804 435,646 4,136 1,319 - 228
Saturday 44,567 3 20,939 14 21 - 45
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Total 664,553 6,648 2,311,869 32,926 8,285 - 1,502
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%Steers 49.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 19.5 %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 25, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 537.8 Cattle 1,340 811
Steers 883
Heifers 809
Cows 621
Bulls 897
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 272 159
Pork 492.5 Hogs 286 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 300
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 136 69
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,033.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 25, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 664,553
Steers 328,243 49.4
Heifers 195,491 29.4
Dairy cows 50,891 7.7
Other cows 78,911 11.9
Bulls 11,017 1.7
Calves Total 6,648
Hogs Total 2,311,869
Barrows and gilts 2,244,623 97.1
Sows 61,323 2.7
Boars 5,923 0.3
Sheep Total 32,926
Mature sheep 1,775 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 31,151 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 25, 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 57,939 37,715 79.0 7,677 15,539 19.2
Tuesday 62,650 37,683 78.6 10,868 14,313 19.7
Wednesday 63,618 34,298 77.5 10,480 15,813 20.8
Thursday 60,096 35,238 77.3 10,309 15,512 20.9
Friday 59,872 35,162 78.1 10,385 14,034 20.1
Saturday 24,068 15,395 88.5 1,172 3,700 10.9
Total 328,243 195,491 78.8 50,891 78,911 19.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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