Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 09.07.22
22/07/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 9, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 1,487 327 1,542 1,958 1,049 - -
Tuesday 123,360 986 450,619 8,865 2,565 - 333
Wednesday 125,944 1,848 475,502 8,081 1,901 - 316
Thursday 125,411 1,113 464,991 7,001 1,650 - 274
Friday 125,567 1,895 458,542 4,304 896 - 296
Saturday 85,931 23 120,930 3,289 1,567 - -
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Total 587,700 6,192 1,972,126 33,498 9,628 - 1,219
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 92.8
%Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 7.2
%Cows 19.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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 9, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 478.3 Cattle 1,349 815
Steers 890
Heifers 814
Cows 627
Bulls 889
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 246 143
Pork 419.7 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 300
Boars 189
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 901.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 9, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 587,700
Steers 286,315 48.7
Heifers 176,706 30.1
Dairy cows 49,893 8.5
Other cows 65,815 11.2
Bulls 8,971 1.5
Calves Total 6,192
Hogs Total 1,972,126
Barrows and gilts 1,915,402 97.1
Sows 51,736 2.6
Boars 4,988 0.3
Sheep Total 33,498
Mature sheep 2,414 7.2
Lambs and yearlings 31,084 92.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 9, 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 664 805 98.8 - 3 0.2
Tuesday 62,137 35,636 79.3 10,408 13,161 19.1
Wednesday 60,876 37,762 78.3 11,419 13,980 20.2
Thursday 58,443 38,760 77.5 11,019 15,208 20.9
Friday 59,406 38,741 78.2 11,563 14,135 20.5
Saturday 44,789 25,002 81.2 5,484 9,328 17.2
Total 286,315 176,706 78.8 49,893 65,815 19.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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