Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 29.10.22
11/11/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 29, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,256 1,315 481,725 9,280 3,171 - 264
Tuesday 130,527 1,646 491,788 8,023 1,825 - 292
Wednesday 128,248 1,442 484,698 6,098 1,433 - 361
Thursday 127,583 839 492,073 5,588 2,132 - 301
Friday 123,421 1,897 484,593 4,904 1,401 - 283
Saturday 31,167 7 129,073 14 25 - -
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Total 667,202 7,146 2,563,950 33,907 9,987 - 1,501
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%Steers 45.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 31.4 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 21.5 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.7
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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 29, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 555.8 Cattle 1,382 835
Steers 928
Heifers 847
Cows 619
Bulls 845
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 252 146
Pork 550.9 Hogs 289 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 300
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 126 64
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,109.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 29, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 667,202
Steers 302,928 45.4
Heifers 209,335 31.4
Dairy cows 59,412 8.9
Other cows 83,952 12.6
Bulls 11,575 1.7
Calves Total 7,146
Hogs Total 2,563,950
Barrows and gilts 2,497,276 97.4
Sows 60,332 2.4
Boars 6,342 0.2
Sheep Total 33,907
Mature sheep 2,110 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 31,797 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 29, 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 59,377 39,852 78.6 9,571 15,221 19.6
Tuesday 59,489 41,183 77.1 12,208 15,602 21.3
Wednesday 55,245 42,175 76.0 11,887 16,831 22.4
Thursday 60,020 38,691 77.4 11,188 15,507 20.9
Friday 56,450 39,394 77.7 11,319 14,279 20.7
Saturday 12,347 8,040 65.4 3,239 6,512 31.3
Total 302,928 209,335 76.8 59,412 83,952 21.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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