Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.11.22
18/11/2022
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 5, 2022
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 126,102 1,225 487,448 9,006 3,000 - 314
Tuesday 128,539 1,697 481,982 8,325 1,700 - 311
Wednesday 130,428 1,260 490,526 6,677 1,178 - 339
Thursday 128,308 859 484,948 6,571 2,498 - 229
Friday 125,050 1,853 465,229 4,705 1,428 - 217
Saturday 29,458 - 165,036 14 46 - 31
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Total 667,885 6,894 2,575,169 35,298 9,850 - 1,441
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%Steers 44.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 32.8 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 21.3 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.6
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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, November 5, 2022
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 556.3 Cattle 1,381 835
Steers 925
Heifers 849
Cows 623
Bulls 850
Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 255 148
Pork 554.6 Hogs 290 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 301
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 123 62
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 1,114.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 5, 2022
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 667,885
Steers 295,789 44.3
Heifers 218,896 32.8
Dairy cows 60,005 9.0
Other cows 82,187 12.3
Bulls 11,008 1.6
Calves Total 6,894
Hogs Total 2,575,169
Barrows and gilts 2,507,758 97.4
Sows 61,472 2.4
Boars 5,939 0.2
Sheep Total 35,298
Mature sheep 2,225 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 33,073 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 5, 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 59,723 39,824 78.9 9,469 15,101 19.5
Tuesday 56,399 42,795 77.2 12,256 15,086 21.3
Wednesday 57,529 43,254 77.3 11,958 15,648 21.2
Thursday 53,970 44,287 76.6 11,982 15,879 21.7
Friday 56,777 40,763 78.0 11,181 14,219 20.3
Saturday 11,391 7,973 65.7 3,159 6,254 32.0
Total 295,789 218,896 77.1 60,005 82,187 21.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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