SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jun 30, 2022 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 120,282 1,372 460,524 8,316 2,596 - 274 Tuesday 123,952 1,124 469,665 6,759 1,734 - 259 Wednesday 126,556 1,349 468,887 6,597 1,218 - 337 Thursday 126,988 1,140 468,177 6,389 2,106 - 259 Friday 123,110 1,758 451,064 4,203 1,291 - 257 Saturday 47,503 - 43,962 11 18 - 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 668,391 6,743 2,362,279 32,275 8,963 - 1,425 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 48.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8 %Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.2 %Cows 19.7 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 539.3 Cattle 1,339 808 Steers 879 Heifers 810 Cows 625 Bulls 880 Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 257 149 Pork 508.4 Hogs 288 215 Barrows and gilts 213 Sows 304 Boars 193 Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 135 68 Mature sheep 63 Lambs and yearlings 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,050.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 668,391 Steers 323,262 48.4 Heifers 201,280 30.1 Dairy cows 54,117 8.1 Other cows 77,388 11.6 Bulls 12,344 1.8 Calves Total 6,743 Hogs Total 2,362,279 Barrows and gilts 2,294,724 97.1 Sows 61,390 2.6 Boars 6,165 0.3 Sheep Total 32,275 Mature sheep 1,995 6.2 Lambs and yearlings 30,280 93.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 18, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 57,142 36,360 77.7 8,860 15,391 20.2 Tuesday 58,204 38,530 78.0 10,818 13,959 20.0 Wednesday 60,301 37,682 77.4 10,755 15,571 20.8 Thursday 61,936 36,865 77.8 10,819 15,003 20.3 Friday 61,061 36,196 79.0 10,795 12,697 19.1 Saturday 24,618 15,647 84.8 2,070 4,767 14.4 Total 323,262 201,280 78.5 54,117 77,388 19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO (816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls711.txt www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain