Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 10.09.22
23/09/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 3,561 364 1,542 1,818 751 - -
Tuesday 126,923 1,453 487,179 9,170 2,401 - 232
Wednesday 130,147 1,739 487,020 6,909 1,568 - 334
Thursday 127,984 1,256 474,813 7,913 2,015 - 332
Friday 128,181 1,789 481,345 5,478 1,340 - 203
Saturday 89,231 2 319,768 101 63 - -
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Total 606,027 6,603 2,251,667 31,389 8,138 - 1,101
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%Steers 48.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.5
%Cows 19.7 %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, September 10, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 502.0 Cattle 1,367 830
Steers 914
Heifers 831
Cows 615
Bulls 881
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 230 133
Pork 477.6 Hogs 285 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 300
Boars 191
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 982.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 606,027
Steers 296,017 48.8
Heifers 180,126 29.7
Dairy cows 57,205 9.4
Other cows 62,090 10.2
Bulls 10,589 1.7
Calves Total 6,603
Hogs Total 2,251,667
Barrows and gilts 2,194,124 97.4
Sows 52,352 2.3
Boars 5,191 0.2
Sheep Total 31,389
Mature sheep 2,036 6.5
Lambs and yearlings 29,353 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 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 1,229 634 52.3 1,412 229 46.1
Tuesday 67,151 33,445 79.3 11,642 12,567 19.1
Wednesday 60,506 40,251 77.4 13,758 13,443 20.9
Thursday 59,014 38,704 76.4 13,013 15,001 21.9
Friday 61,103 38,793 77.9 12,870 13,057 20.2
Saturday 47,014 28,299 84.4 4,510 7,793 13.8
Total 296,017 180,126 78.6 57,205 62,090 19.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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