SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Fri Nov 25, 2022 USDA Market News Service NOTICE: Starting on December 1st, this report will be consolidated with the Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection report and the U.S Federally Inspected Slaughter by Region report into one all-inclusive daily PDF report for easier data consumption, analysis, and visualization. The new report will be published weekly and accessed on the AMS website at: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3658.pdf. For data and archive reports please view our My Market News page at https://www.ams.usda.gov. For more information, call (816) 676-7000 or email stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov. The new, user-friendly PDF report will increase market transparency and foster a more competitive marketplace by providing domestic and international trade volumes and pricing information not previously available. Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, November 12, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 122,462 1,289 491,353 10,034 2,887 - 270 Tuesday 128,461 1,523 489,483 8,408 1,869 - 413 Wednesday 128,437 1,363 479,097 6,789 1,338 - 290 Thursday 129,069 825 494,803 7,689 2,596 - 341 Friday 119,874 1,615 446,440 3,761 845 - 198 Saturday 42,024 - 99,367 61 69 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 670,327 6,615 2,500,543 36,742 9,604 - 1,512 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 45.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1 %Heifers 32.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.9 %Cows 21.1 %Boars 0.2 %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, November 12, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 560.5 Cattle 1,386 838 Steers 931 Heifers 850 Cows 619 Bulls 848 Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 258 151 Pork 537.7 Hogs 290 215 Barrows and gilts 213 Sows 299 Boars 197 Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 128 65 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,101.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, November 12, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 670,327 Steers 301,932 45.0 Heifers 214,795 32.0 Dairy cows 60,258 9.0 Other cows 81,202 12.1 Bulls 12,140 1.8 Calves Total 6,615 Hogs Total 2,500,543 Barrows and gilts 2,435,316 97.4 Sows 59,808 2.4 Boars 5,419 0.2 Sheep Total 36,742 Mature sheep 1,782 4.9 Lambs and yearlings 34,960 95.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, November 12, 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 52,291 44,079 78.7 8,818 14,936 19.4 Tuesday 57,077 42,417 77.5 12,258 14,451 20.8 Wednesday 59,180 40,378 77.5 11,438 15,377 20.9 Thursday 60,115 39,665 77.3 11,838 15,076 20.9 Friday 55,526 35,682 76.1 11,933 14,523 22.1 Saturday 17,743 12,574 72.1 3,973 6,839 25.7 Total 301,932 214,795 77.1 60,258 81,202 21.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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