Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 02.07.22
15/07/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 2, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 124,662 1,366 459,846 9,052 2,685 - 231
Tuesday 126,915 1,267 445,918 7,191 1,991 - 272
Wednesday 124,703 936 467,006 6,427 1,406 - 280
Thursday 124,978 1,049 465,535 6,254 2,222 - 310
Friday 122,190 1,575 434,252 5,046 1,468 - 328
Saturday 17,247 - 11,028 150 91 - -
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Total 640,695 6,193 2,283,585 34,120 9,863 - 1,421
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%Steers 47.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 20.3 %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, July 2, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 517.4 Cattle 1,340 809
Steers 883
Heifers 813
Cows 622
Bulls 898
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 258 151
Pork 484.7 Hogs 285 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 302
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 136 69
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,005.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 2, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 640,695
Steers 306,959 47.9
Heifers 192,414 30.0
Dairy cows 51,832 8.1
Other cows 78,030 12.2
Bulls 11,460 1.8
Calves Total 6,193
Hogs Total 2,283,585
Barrows and gilts 2,216,949 97.1
Sows 60,298 2.6
Boars 6,338 0.3
Sheep Total 34,120
Mature sheep 2,246 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 31,874 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 2, 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 60,224 37,685 78.5 9,102 15,281 19.6
Tuesday 59,050 40,604 78.5 10,399 14,685 19.8
Wednesday 60,604 36,031 77.5 10,778 14,961 20.6
Thursday 63,407 33,014 77.2 10,365 15,986 21.1
Friday 57,229 38,842 78.6 10,201 13,757 19.6
Saturday 6,445 6,238 73.5 987 3,360 25.2
Total 306,959 192,414 77.9 51,832 78,030 20.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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