Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection -23.07.22
05/08/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 23, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,696 1,341 450,318 7,997 2,414 - 197
Tuesday 123,074 1,608 461,593 7,347 1,427 - 307
Wednesday 125,022 888 461,326 6,005 1,053 - 367
Thursday 122,037 1,257 442,099 6,779 2,169 - 250
Friday 120,984 2,137 434,153 3,840 1,266 - 158
Saturday 48,577 2 45,130 14 29 - -
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Total 663,390 7,233 2,294,619 31,982 8,358 - 1,279
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%Steers 46.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 30.3 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 7.0
%Cows 21.1 %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 23, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 537.1 Cattle 1,343 811
Steers 893
Heifers 815
Cows 617
Bulls 894
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 245 143
Pork 484.2 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 301
Boars 182
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,024.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 23, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 663,390
Steers 310,332 46.8
Heifers 201,164 30.3
Dairy cows 57,537 8.7
Other cows 82,274 12.4
Bulls 12,083 1.8
Calves Total 7,233
Hogs Total 2,294,619
Barrows and gilts 2,232,472 97.3
Sows 55,529 2.4
Boars 6,618 0.3
Sheep Total 31,982
Mature sheep 2,249 7.0
Lambs and yearlings 29,733 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 23, 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 61,779 35,293 78.5 8,857 15,523 19.7
Tuesday 59,085 36,907 78.0 10,732 14,279 20.3
Wednesday 56,658 39,984 77.3 11,524 14,565 20.9
Thursday 56,385 36,888 76.4 11,174 15,429 21.8
Friday 55,155 38,167 77.1 11,491 14,222 21.3
Saturday 21,270 13,925 72.5 3,759 8,256 24.7
Total 310,332 201,164 77.1 57,537 82,274 21.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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