Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 01.10.22
14/10/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 1, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 123,317 1,174 484,418 8,372 2,826 - 254
Tuesday 128,552 1,870 477,912 8,092 1,761 - 345
Wednesday 127,984 1,001 485,793 6,341 1,414 - 251
Thursday 127,146 982 476,399 7,054 1,972 - 282
Friday 117,444 1,544 449,472 3,959 1,515 - 228
Saturday 42,743 2 111,451 46 97 - -
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Total 667,186 6,573 2,485,445 33,864 9,585 - 1,360
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%Steers 46.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 20.2 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.9
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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, October 1, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 553.2 Cattle 1,371 831
Steers 917
Heifers 840
Cows 612
Bulls 862
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 236 136
Pork 528.1 Hogs 286 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 298
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 128 65
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 1,084.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 1, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 667,186
Steers 312,930 46.9
Heifers 206,652 31.0
Dairy cows 61,097 9.2
Other cows 73,735 11.1
Bulls 12,772 1.9
Calves Total 6,573
Hogs Total 2,485,445
Barrows and gilts 2,421,788 97.4
Sows 57,968 2.3
Boars 5,689 0.2
Sheep Total 33,864
Mature sheep 2,158 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 31,706 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 1, 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 60,720 36,637 78.9 9,959 13,602 19.1
Tuesday 59,337 41,970 78.8 11,725 13,004 19.2
Wednesday 57,912 41,049 77.3 12,316 14,175 20.7
Thursday 59,591 38,770 77.4 11,859 14,563 20.8
Friday 57,135 32,758 76.5 11,671 13,642 21.6
Saturday 18,235 15,468 78.9 3,567 4,749 19.5
Total 312,930 206,652 77.9 61,097 73,735 20.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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