Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 16.07.22
29/07/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 16, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,451 1,032 439,036 8,525 2,593 - 194
Tuesday 126,072 1,429 452,201 5,783 1,448 - 290
Wednesday 126,266 1,110 451,134 6,682 1,143 - 390
Thursday 123,940 1,129 455,440 5,906 1,657 - 301
Friday 120,155 1,801 432,473 4,152 1,012 - 262
Saturday 53,796 3 24,306 94 48 - -
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Total 672,680 6,504 2,254,590 31,142 7,901 - 1,437
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%Steers 47.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.5
%Cows 20.4 %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, July 16, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 545.4 Cattle 1,343 812
Steers 889
Heifers 815
Cows 621
Bulls 889
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 247 144
Pork 477.8 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 303
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 59
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,026.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 16, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 672,680
Steers 320,934 47.7
Heifers 203,369 30.2
Dairy cows 55,461 8.2
Other cows 81,516 12.1
Bulls 11,400 1.7
Calves Total 6,504
Hogs Total 2,254,590
Barrows and gilts 2,187,721 97.0
Sows 60,241 2.7
Boars 6,628 0.3
Sheep Total 31,142
Mature sheep 2,011 6.5
Lambs and yearlings 29,131 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 16, 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 58,286 37,329 78.1 9,065 15,760 20.3
Tuesday 60,418 38,674 78.6 10,652 14,256 19.8
Wednesday 57,652 40,040 77.4 11,086 15,461 21.0
Thursday 63,764 32,405 77.6 10,902 14,741 20.7
Friday 56,459 37,384 78.1 10,188 13,982 20.1
Saturday 24,355 17,537 77.9 3,568 7,316 20.2
Total 320,934 203,369 77.9 55,461 81,516 20.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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