Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 27.08.22
09/09/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 27, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,071 1,332 482,261 8,584 2,603 - 210
Tuesday 127,219 1,946 481,670 8,363 1,769 - 257
Wednesday 124,027 1,019 482,016 6,061 1,094 - 315
Thursday 123,569 1,310 480,094 6,917 2,033 - 263
Friday 123,407 1,891 446,820 3,756 1,449 - 105
Saturday 56,585 - 38,727 19 12 - 32
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Total 677,878 7,498 2,411,588 33,700 8,960 - 1,182
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 30.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 19.6 %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 27, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 555.3 Cattle 1,354 823
Steers 904
Heifers 821
Cows 619
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 231 134
Pork 505.5 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 300
Boars 189
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,064.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 27, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 677,878
Steers 324,312 47.8
Heifers 209,007 30.8
Dairy cows 60,028 8.9
Other cows 72,931 10.8
Bulls 11,600 1.7
Calves Total 7,498
Hogs Total 2,411,588
Barrows and gilts 2,346,747 97.3
Sows 59,934 2.5
Boars 4,907 0.2
Sheep Total 33,700
Mature sheep 1,873 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 31,827 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 27, 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 59,203 36,845 78.0 10,854 13,936 20.1
Tuesday 58,420 41,457 78.5 11,964 13,054 19.7
Wednesday 57,068 38,750 77.3 11,824 14,301 21.1
Thursday 58,565 36,789 77.2 11,165 14,791 21.0
Friday 62,005 33,465 77.4 12,455 13,025 20.6
Saturday 29,051 21,701 89.7 1,766 3,824 9.9
Total 324,312 209,007 78.7 60,028 72,931 19.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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