Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 30.07.22
12/08/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 30, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,304 1,284 451,820 7,967 2,500 - 229
Tuesday 125,151 1,910 468,298 7,359 1,642 - 301
Wednesday 123,993 1,100 466,672 6,049 1,079 - 356
Thursday 119,273 1,208 456,979 6,144 1,855 - 249
Friday 121,628 1,919 438,007 3,286 1,357 - 190
Saturday 52,819 - 10,049 16 26 - -
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Total 666,168 7,421 2,291,825 30,821 8,459 - 1,325
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%Steers 47.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.3
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.7
%Cows 20.5 %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 30, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 540.6 Cattle 1,344 813
Steers 894
Heifers 818
Cows 611
Bulls 873
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 228 132
Pork 483.8 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 304
Boars 191
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 134 68
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,027.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 30, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 666,168
Steers 316,979 47.6
Heifers 200,897 30.2
Dairy cows 55,965 8.4
Other cows 80,527 12.1
Bulls 11,800 1.8
Calves Total 7,421
Hogs Total 2,291,825
Barrows and gilts 2,226,963 97.2
Sows 58,749 2.6
Boars 6,113 0.3
Sheep Total 30,821
Mature sheep 2,067 6.7
Lambs and yearlings 28,754 93.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 30, 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 61,382 34,532 77.8 9,330 15,824 20.4
Tuesday 60,262 37,626 78.2 10,884 14,300 20.1
Wednesday 56,285 39,432 77.2 11,724 14,687 21.3
Thursday 56,638 34,066 76.0 10,623 15,760 22.1
Friday 57,123 37,703 78.0 10,609 13,759 20.0
Saturday 25,289 17,538 81.1 2,795 6,197 17.0
Total 316,979 200,897 77.7 55,965 80,527 20.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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