USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/29 11:10
01/29/2026 | 11:10 am CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/29 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Jan 29,2026
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Report for Sunday Jan 11,2026 thru Saturday Jan 17,2026 - 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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1/12/26 215 446 113882 3496 492437 10257
1/13/26 273 406 122251 1826 490441 8713
1/14/26 210 315 117994 1471 498514 6870
1/15/26 203 334 117330 2059 491245 6663
1/16/26 187 487 93780 2143 476409 5066
1/17/26 - - 1275 7 172239 16
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Total 1088 1988 566512 11002 2621285 37585
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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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1/12/26 9543 16.1% 36681 8743 57460 82.7%
1/13/26 12615 18.6% 40959 10138 56661 79.9%
1/14/26 12284 17.3% 38618 8090 57199 81.2%
1/15/26 11596 18.6% 39526 10190 54337 80.0%
1/16/26 13459 23.0% 24930 8129 45738 75.4%
1/17/26 257 91.1% 13 905 15 2.2%
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Total 59754 18.7% 180727 46195 271410 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 1465
Dressed Weight 892 984 894 651 927
Meat Production 504.3
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 327
Dressed Weight 191
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 295
Dressed Weight 220 218 302 232
Meat Production 576.8
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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 64 60
Meat Production 2.3
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Total Meat Production 1083.8
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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 1988
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Total 1988
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 271410 47.9
Heifers 180727 31.9
Dairy Cows 59754 10.5
Other Cows 46195 8.2
Bulls 8426 1.5
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Total 566512
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2553427 97.4
Sows 62366 2.4
Boars 5492 0.2
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Total 2621285
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2413 6.4
Lambs & Yearlings 35172 93.6
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Total 37585
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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 2.0
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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 0.2 0.2 0.1 - -
2 1.8 0.6 - - - -
3 21.1 8.4 - 8.2 2.1 -
4 14.8 1.5 0.4 3.5 8.0 1.4
5 58.1 27.5 8.3 14.9 - -
6 98.7 39.1 35.6 8.3 13.4 2.3
7 244.3 134.7 94.8 - 9.7 -
8 61.7 33.5 25.3 - - -
9 32.3 13.0 4.0 13.0 2.0 0.2
10 33.1 13.0 10.4 7.0 2.4 0.3
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U.S.Total 566.5 271.4 180.7 59.8 46.2 8.4
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.5 0.5 - -
2 2.5 2.5 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 23.1 -
5 805.7 782.5 22.0 1.2
6 - - - -
7 1177.6 1157.2 17.2 3.2
8 - - - -
9 19.6 19.6 - -
10 5.0 5.0 - -
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U.S.Total 2621.3 2553.4 62.4 5.5
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.7 - 0.7
2 5.2 0.6 4.6
3 3.2 0.2 3.0
4 3.0 0.2 2.8
5 6.8 0.4 6.5
6 4.0 0.2 3.7
7 0.4 - 0.4
8 9.1 - -
9 4.1 - -
10 1.0 - 1.0
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U.S.Total 37.6 2.4 35.2
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