USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/22 11:05
01/22/2026 | 11:05 am CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/22 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Jan 22,2026
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Report for Sunday Jan 04,2026 thru Saturday Jan 10,2026 - Final
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Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day - U.S. (head)
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Bison Calves Cattle Goats Hogs Sheep
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1/5/26 329 540 118355 3115 497364 10785
1/6/26 188 366 119691 2153 497254 8307
1/7/26 248 353 116146 1488 486409 6530
1/8/26 262 359 116422 2139 482988 6815
1/9/26 109 486 88356 1731 483062 4896
1/10/26 - - 1899 4 229170 16
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Total 1136 2104 560869 10630 2676247 37349
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class and Day - U.S. (head)
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Dairy Dairy/Other Other Str/Hfr
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Cows % of Cattle Heifers Cows Steers % of Cattle
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1/5/26 10559 17.8% 37284 10563 58808 81.2%
1/6/26 12716 19.2% 35395 10261 59834 79.6%
1/7/26 12015 17.5% 40416 8305 53899 81.2%
1/8/26 12350 18.6% 36282 9308 56735 79.9%
1/9/26 12078 21.0% 24823 6462 43779 77.6%
1/10/26 566 91.9% 9 1179 32 2.2%
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Total 60284 19.0% 174209 46078 273087 79.8%
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
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Beef
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Cattle Steers Heifers Cows Bulls
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Live Weight 1467
Dressed Weight 893 985 894 650 926
Meat Production 499.7
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 324
Dressed Weight 191
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 296
Dressed Weight 221 219 302 235
Meat Production 591.1
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 119
Dressed Weight 61 62 60
Meat Production 2.3
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Total Meat Production 1093.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S
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Calves
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Head % of Total
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Calves 2104
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Total 2104
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 273087 48.7
Heifers 174209 31.1
Dairy Cows 60284 10.7
Other Cows 46078 8.2
Bulls 7211 1.3
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Total 560869
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2608782 97.5
Sows 62187 2.3
Boars 5278 0.2
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Total 2676247
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2827 7.6
Lambs & Yearlings 34522 92.4
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Total 37349
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U.S. Federally Inspected Slaughter by Region (thousand head)
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Calves
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Standard Federal Regions Total
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1 -
2 0.5
3 -
4 0.1
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
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U.S.Total 2.1
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Cattle
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Standard Federal Regions Total Steers Heifers Dairy Cows Other Cows Bulls
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1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 - -
2 1.8 0.5 - - - -
3 20.8 8.6 - 8.2 2.2 -
4 13.8 1.4 0.4 3.4 7.4 1.2
5 59.7 28.6 8.3 15.1 - -
6 101.8 41.9 36.1 9.0 12.4 2.4
7 236.2 129.6 92.0 - 11.0 -
8 59.7 36.1 21.0 - - -
9 32.8 11.0 6.3 13.6 1.7 0.2
10 33.8 15.0 8.8 7.1 2.5 0.3
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U.S.Total 560.9 273.1 174.2 60.3 46.1 7.2
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.5 0.4 - -
2 2.2 2.2 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 21.5 -
5 824.3 799.6 23.0 1.6
6 - - - -
7 1223.0 1202.4 17.6 3.0
8 - - - -
9 18.3 18.3 - -
10 5.0 5.0 - -
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U.S.Total 2676.2 2608.8 62.2 5.3
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.9 - 0.9
2 5.2 0.6 4.6
3 3.1 0.5 2.6
4 3.0 0.3 2.8
5 7.0 0.3 6.8
6 3.3 0.3 3.0
7 0.5 - 0.5
8 8.6 - -
9 4.3 - -
10 1.3 0.1 1.2
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U.S.Total 37.3 2.8 34.5
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