Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 08.11.22
21/10/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 8, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 128,056 1,181 466,496 8,788 2,963 - 177
Tuesday 129,680 1,522 485,423 7,565 2,018 - 293
Wednesday 127,927 1,238 487,844 6,069 1,378 - 322
Thursday 127,939 986 490,388 6,914 2,518 - 261
Friday 118,747 2,163 477,298 3,816 1,864 - 225
Saturday 36,925 1 160,400 147 111 - -
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Total 669,274 7,091 2,567,849 33,299 10,852 - 1,278
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%Steers 46.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 31.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 7.0
%Cows 20.9 %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 8, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 554.6 Cattle 1,373 830
Steers 920
Heifers 843
Cows 610
Bulls 858
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 257 149
Pork 548.8 Hogs 288 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 299
Boars 191
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 123 62
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 1,106.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 8, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 669,274
Steers 307,702 46.0
Heifers 209,429 31.3
Dairy cows 59,962 9.0
Other cows 79,690 11.9
Bulls 12,491 1.9
Calves Total 7,091
Hogs Total 2,567,849
Barrows and gilts 2,495,633 97.2
Sows 66,316 2.6
Boars 5,900 0.2
Sheep Total 33,299
Mature sheep 2,341 7.0
Lambs and yearlings 30,958 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 8, 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 59,243 41,727 78.8 10,088 14,670 19.3
Tuesday 62,622 38,094 77.7 11,968 14,722 20.6
Wednesday 55,470 43,147 77.1 12,053 14,950 21.1
Thursday 59,045 38,657 76.4 11,447 16,218 21.6
Friday 55,701 34,986 76.4 12,320 13,402 21.7
Saturday 15,621 12,818 77.0 2,086 5,728 21.2
Total 307,702 209,429 77.3 59,962 79,690 20.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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