Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 17.09.22
30/09/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 17, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,503 1,390 479,550 8,932 2,828 - 320
Tuesday 128,915 1,701 480,278 8,037 2,029 - 312
Wednesday 128,595 1,326 486,510 6,441 1,377 - 278
Thursday 126,788 798 481,862 6,907 2,047 - 219
Friday 118,339 1,991 473,434 4,367 1,523 - 173
Saturday 44,640 8 84,664 6 61 - -
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Total 672,780 7,214 2,486,298 34,690 9,865 - 1,302
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%Steers 49.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.8
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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 17, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 558.9 Cattle 1,369 832
Steers 918
Heifers 832
Cows 612
Bulls 867
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 238 138
Pork 527.6 Hogs 286 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 301
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 132 67
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,089.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 17, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 672,780
Steers 330,237 49.1
Heifers 199,071 29.6
Dairy cows 60,922 9.1
Other cows 70,171 10.4
Bulls 12,379 1.8
Calves Total 7,214
Hogs Total 2,486,298
Barrows and gilts 2,414,656 97.1
Sows 65,727 2.6
Boars 5,915 0.2
Sheep Total 34,690
Mature sheep 2,113 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 32,577 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 17, 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 65,380 34,351 79.5 10,831 12,658 18.7
Tuesday 64,748 37,129 79.0 12,124 12,447 19.1
Wednesday 60,585 39,223 77.6 12,320 13,977 20.4
Thursday 59,332 38,657 77.3 11,903 14,467 20.8
Friday 56,352 34,404 76.7 12,162 12,947 21.2
Saturday 23,840 15,307 87.7 1,582 3,675 11.8
Total 330,237 199,071 78.7 60,922 70,171 19.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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