Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 22.10.22
04/11/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 22, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 125,445 1,286 487,473 8,205 2,989 - 258
Tuesday 125,130 1,626 480,735 7,889 1,809 - 344
Wednesday 129,117 1,451 488,064 6,766 1,392 - 368
Thursday 129,885 691 487,794 5,784 2,549 - 316
Friday 122,869 1,884 479,143 4,883 1,540 - 167
Saturday 42,481 - 147,215 16 27 - -
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Total 674,927 6,938 2,570,424 33,543 10,306 - 1,453
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%Steers 45.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 21.6 %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 22, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 561.8 Cattle 1,382 834
Steers 925
Heifers 848
Cows 620
Bulls 860
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 249 145
Pork 550.9 Hogs 289 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 298
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 125 63
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,115.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 22, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 674,927
Steers 306,295 45.4
Heifers 210,780 31.2
Dairy cows 60,920 9.0
Other cows 84,759 12.6
Bulls 12,173 1.8
Calves Total 6,938
Hogs Total 2,570,424
Barrows and gilts 2,502,612 97.4
Sows 62,473 2.4
Boars 5,339 0.2
Sheep Total 33,543
Mature sheep 1,981 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 31,562 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 22, 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 56,998 40,605 77.8 10,535 15,052 20.4
Tuesday 59,111 37,176 76.9 12,156 14,187 21.1
Wednesday 54,655 43,947 76.4 12,304 16,048 22.0
Thursday 61,997 37,917 76.9 11,415 16,474 21.5
Friday 55,461 38,642 76.6 11,422 15,169 21.6
Saturday 18,073 12,493 72.0 3,088 7,829 25.7
Total 306,295 210,780 76.6 60,920 84,759 21.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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