USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 02/05 11:10
02/05/2026 | 11:10 am CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 02/05 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Feb 05,2026
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Report for Sunday Jan 18,2026 thru Saturday Jan 24,2026 - 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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1/19/26 273 336 104721 1664 416577 7682
1/20/26 288 383 114352 2435 483315 9737
1/21/26 251 413 113773 1645 485710 7030
1/22/26 206 310 115167 2302 486079 7089
1/23/26 133 549 86898 1766 430660 4437
1/24/26 - - 5394 3 159210 -
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Total 1151 1991 540305 9815 2461551 35975
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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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1/19/26 9931 16.5% 31568 7347 54440 82.1%
1/20/26 12580 19.6% 34368 9864 55755 78.8%
1/21/26 12476 18.6% 39597 8667 51366 80.0%
1/22/26 12018 19.1% 38159 9966 53196 79.3%
1/23/26 12044 23.2% 22863 8148 42256 74.9%
1/24/26 1781 44.9% 513 639 2285 51.9%
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Total 60830 19.5% 167068 44631 259298 78.9%
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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 1466
Dressed Weight 893 987 895 658 920
Meat Production 481.6
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 346
Dressed Weight 206
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 293
Dressed Weight 219 217 299 221
Meat Production 538.8
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
----- ------------ ---------------
Live Weight 119
Dressed Weight 61 63 61
Meat Production 2.2
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Total Meat Production 1023.0
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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 1991
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Total 1991
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 259298 48.0
Heifers 167068 30.9
Dairy Cows 60830 11.3
Other Cows 44631 8.3
Bulls 8478 1.6
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Total 540305
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2401074 97.5
Sows 56068 2.3
Boars 4409 0.2
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Total 2461551
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2357 6.6
Lambs & Yearlings 33618 93.4
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Total 35975
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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 0.4
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 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 - 0.1
2 1.8 0.6 - - - -
3 22.1 7.7 - 9.7 2.4 -
4 14.9 1.5 0.7 3.8 7.5 1.4
5 55.6 27.4 6.6 14.3 - -
6 85.0 32.1 31.2 7.3 12.0 2.3
7 233.2 128.3 90.4 - 10.2 -
8 62.3 35.0 24.4 - - -
9 31.6 12.1 3.8 13.6 1.9 0.2
10 33.5 14.4 8.5 8.1 2.1 0.3
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U.S.Total 540.3 259.3 167.1 60.8 44.6 8.5
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.4 0.4 - -
2 2.4 2.4 - -
3 - - 0.1 -
4 - - 18.9 -
5 776.0 755.2 19.6 1.1
6 - - - -
7 1086.4 1066.4 17.4 2.5
8 - - - -
9 17.8 17.8 - -
10 4.7 4.7 - -
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U.S.Total 2461.6 2401.1 56.1 4.4
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.7 - 0.6
2 5.2 0.6 4.6
3 3.0 0.2 2.9
4 2.9 0.2 2.7
5 6.2 0.4 5.8
6 3.8 0.3 3.6
7 0.3 - 0.3
8 8.3 - -
9 4.3 - -
10 1.2 - 1.1
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U.S.Total 36.0 2.4 33.6
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