Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 20.08.22
02/09/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 20, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,402 1,204 443,975 8,790 2,774 - 265
Tuesday 126,600 1,352 478,774 7,554 1,764 - 376
Wednesday 126,600 1,171 482,236 6,408 1,129 - 267
Thursday 126,952 1,402 475,688 7,432 2,154 - 257
Friday 122,522 2,063 465,619 4,172 1,581 - 344
Saturday 40,335 10 61,000 24 28 - -
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Total 664,411 7,202 2,407,292 34,380 9,430 - 1,509
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 20.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 20, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 543.2 Cattle 1,351 821
Steers 904
Heifers 822
Cows 613
Bulls 869
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 243 141
Pork 506.1 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 304
Boars 189
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 130 66
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,052.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 20, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 664,411
Steers 319,923 48.2
Heifers 200,794 30.2
Dairy cows 59,061 8.9
Other cows 73,924 11.1
Bulls 10,709 1.6
Calves Total 7,202
Hogs Total 2,407,292
Barrows and gilts 2,341,662 97.3
Sows 59,409 2.5
Boars 6,221 0.3
Sheep Total 34,380
Mature sheep 2,166 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 32,214 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 20, 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 59,717 34,588 77.7 11,402 13,468 20.5
Tuesday 60,007 39,094 78.3 12,107 13,362 20.1
Wednesday 62,012 35,955 77.4 11,522 15,105 21.0
Thursday 59,813 38,257 77.2 11,606 15,188 21.1
Friday 59,524 37,151 78.9 11,333 12,477 19.4
Saturday 18,850 15,749 85.8 1,091 4,324 13.4
Total 319,923 200,794 78.4 59,061 73,924 20.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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