Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 15.10.22
28/10/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 15, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,295 1,081 485,368 6,600 1,814 - 243
Tuesday 129,441 1,593 494,225 8,130 2,483 - 368
Wednesday 128,072 1,634 492,490 6,949 1,442 - 329
Thursday 127,284 775 492,166 6,405 2,315 - 295
Friday 113,060 2,068 478,055 4,308 1,616 - 231
Saturday 38,075 1 113,116 20 20 - -
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Total 662,227 7,152 2,555,420 32,412 9,690 - 1,466
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%Steers 45.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 31.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 21.3 %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, October 15, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 549.9 Cattle 1,378 832
Steers 924
Heifers 846
Cows 616
Bulls 860
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 249 144
Pork 546.9 Hogs 288 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 297
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 126 64
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,099.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 15, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 662,227
Steers 298,304 45.0
Heifers 210,750 31.8
Dairy cows 59,398 9.0
Other cows 81,867 12.4
Bulls 11,908 1.8
Calves Total 7,152
Hogs Total 2,555,420
Barrows and gilts 2,485,566 97.3
Sows 63,859 2.5
Boars 5,995 0.2
Sheep Total 32,412
Mature sheep 2,039 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 30,373 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 15, 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 57,498 41,283 78.2 9,877 15,246 19.9
Tuesday 57,819 43,110 78.0 11,276 15,008 20.3
Wednesday 56,917 41,086 76.5 12,095 15,943 21.9
Thursday 56,314 40,947 76.4 11,759 15,852 21.7
Friday 51,838 32,770 74.8 12,782 13,580 23.3
Saturday 17,918 11,554 77.4 1,609 6,238 20.6
Total 298,304 210,750 76.9 59,398 81,867 21.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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