Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 13.08.22
26/08/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 13, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,387 1,193 459,228 8,233 2,818 - 211
Tuesday 125,815 1,866 474,096 7,259 1,999 - 302
Wednesday 125,828 1,107 474,447 6,723 1,124 - 325
Thursday 123,085 1,048 463,674 6,427 1,930 - 269
Friday 117,285 1,751 432,101 4,415 1,368 - 211
Saturday 34,688 2 24,808 18 23 - -
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Total 645,088 6,967 2,328,354 33,075 9,262 - 1,318
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%Steers 48.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 20.1 %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, August 13, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 527.3 Cattle 1,350 819
Steers 901
Heifers 822
Cows 613
Bulls 874
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 237 137
Pork 487.7 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 302
Boars 189
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 132 67
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,018.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 13, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 645,088
Steers 313,256 48.6
Heifers 190,950 29.6
Dairy cows 57,603 8.9
Other cows 72,084 11.2
Bulls 11,195 1.7
Calves Total 6,967
Hogs Total 2,328,354
Barrows and gilts 2,263,553 97.2
Sows 58,607 2.5
Boars 6,194 0.3
Sheep Total 33,075
Mature sheep 2,057 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 31,018 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 13, 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 55,968 35,304 77.1 9,854 14,969 21.0
Tuesday 61,535 37,428 78.7 11,565 13,094 19.6
Wednesday 59,219 38,657 77.8 11,496 14,350 20.5
Thursday 61,597 33,399 77.2 12,398 13,505 21.0
Friday 56,378 34,677 77.6 11,108 12,957 20.5
Saturday 18,559 11,485 86.6 1,182 3,209 12.7
Total 313,256 190,950 78.2 57,603 72,084 20.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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