Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.09.22
07/10/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 24, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,317 1,273 482,306 9,629 2,792 - 220
Tuesday 129,611 1,533 484,959 8,126 1,686 - 270
Wednesday 128,056 1,507 491,005 6,142 1,219 - 288
Thursday 128,262 704 481,651 6,650 2,122 - 251
Friday 125,981 1,988 473,309 4,201 1,485 - 157
Saturday 33,997 1 141,889 32 52 - 50
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Total 671,224 7,006 2,555,119 34,780 9,356 - 1,236
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%Steers 47.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 20.3 %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 24, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 555.0 Cattle 1,367 829
Steers 915
Heifers 836
Cows 612
Bulls 862
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 246 143
Pork 542.0 Hogs 285 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 301
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 130 66
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,100.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 24, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 671,224
Steers 315,543 47.0
Heifers 207,454 30.9
Dairy cows 61,313 9.1
Other cows 75,094 11.2
Bulls 11,820 1.8
Calves Total 7,006
Hogs Total 2,555,119
Barrows and gilts 2,490,399 97.5
Sows 58,527 2.3
Boars 6,193 0.2
Sheep Total 34,780
Mature sheep 2,026 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 32,754 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 24, 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 62,167 37,273 79.4 9,740 13,898 18.9
Tuesday 60,521 40,315 77.8 12,612 13,703 20.3
Wednesday 58,596 39,768 76.8 12,142 15,415 21.5
Thursday 59,468 39,080 76.8 12,211 15,070 21.3
Friday 58,386 40,002 78.1 12,408 12,920 20.1
Saturday 16,405 11,016 80.7 2,200 4,088 18.5
Total 315,543 207,454 77.9 61,313 75,094 20.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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