Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 06.08.22
19/08/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 6, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 122,471 1,226 412,140 8,425 2,568 - 359
Tuesday 124,728 1,564 472,446 7,193 1,729 - 279
Wednesday 125,010 1,180 465,074 5,846 1,004 - 264
Thursday 123,645 1,328 467,893 5,919 1,980 - 203
Friday 113,942 1,980 452,503 4,412 1,462 - 331
Saturday 38,308 4 65,036 21 14 - -
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Total 648,104 7,282 2,335,092 31,816 8,757 - 1,436
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 29.9 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 7.0
%Cows 20.2 %Boars 0.2
%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, August 6, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 525.4 Cattle 1,343 812
Steers 892
Heifers 814
Cows 612
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 241 139
Pork 490.3 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 302
Boars 183
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,018.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 6, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 648,104
Steers 312,522 48.2
Heifers 193,823 29.9
Dairy cows 57,356 8.8
Other cows 73,435 11.3
Bulls 10,968 1.7
Calves Total 7,282
Hogs Total 2,335,092
Barrows and gilts 2,271,115 97.3
Sows 58,356 2.5
Boars 5,621 0.2
Sheep Total 31,816
Mature sheep 2,226 7.0
Lambs and yearlings 29,590 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 6, 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 65,528 29,980 78.0 9,432 15,020 20.0
Tuesday 56,844 40,545 78.1 11,683 13,531 20.2
Wednesday 58,788 37,965 77.4 11,770 14,414 20.9
Thursday 58,525 36,711 77.0 12,119 14,272 21.3
Friday 53,934 33,939 77.1 11,228 12,740 21.0
Saturday 18,903 14,683 87.7 1,124 3,458 12.0
Total 312,522 193,823 78.1 57,356 73,435 20.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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