USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 03/12 11:10
03/12/2026 | 11:10 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 03/12 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Mar 12,2026
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Report for Sunday Feb 22,2026 thru Saturday Feb 28,2026 - 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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2/23/26 135 118 107018 2408 474679 9117
2/24/26 245 570 112530 2080 485608 9275
2/25/26 300 396 110692 1258 486227 6627
2/26/26 145 398 105989 1865 487417 7581
2/27/26 51 401 89515 1700 476726 4985
2/28/26 - - 2898 - 89016 -
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Total 876 1883 528642 9311 2499673 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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2/23/26 8761 15.3% 35012 7566 54412 83.6%
2/24/26 12513 18.9% 35708 8777 53976 79.7%
2/25/26 12107 17.7% 35447 7447 54533 81.3%
2/26/26 11492 19.3% 31323 8928 52833 79.4%
2/27/26 12821 21.5% 26817 6432 42367 77.3%
2/28/26 244 14.9% 636 189 1824 84.9%
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Total 57938 18.4% 164943 39339 259945 80.4%
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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 1471
Dressed Weight 896 981 891 675 932
Meat Production 472.9
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 345
Dressed Weight 203
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 217 298 233
Meat Production 545.9
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
----- ------------ ---------------
Live Weight 125
Dressed Weight 63 63 63
Meat Production 2.4
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Total Meat Production 1021.6
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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 1883
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Total 1883
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 259945 49.2
Heifers 164943 31.2
Dairy Cows 57938 11.0
Other Cows 39339 7.4
Bulls 6477 1.2
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Total 528642
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2438819 97.6
Sows 56294 2.3
Boars 4560 0.2
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Total 2499673
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2286 6.1
Lambs & Yearlings 35299 93.9
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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 0.4
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
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U.S.Total 1.9
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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 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 - -
2 1.6 0.5 - - - -
3 18.2 7.5 - 7.1 1.6 -
4 13.1 1.3 0.6 4.1 6.1 1.1
5 57.7 27.7 6.6 13.8 - -
6 87.7 40.5 29.4 8.4 7.6 1.9
7 232.7 126.1 92.5 - 10.0 -
8 53.5 29.2 21.5 - - -
9 30.9 12.4 4.4 12.7 1.3 0.2
10 32.7 14.6 8.6 7.4 1.9 0.2
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U.S.Total 528.6 259.9 164.9 57.9 39.3 6.5
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.3 0.3 - -
2 2.2 2.2 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 18.2 -
5 747.5 725.5 20.5 1.5
6 105.9 105.8 - -
7 1142.1 1122.1 17.4 2.5
8 - - - -
9 17.7 17.6 - -
10 4.7 4.6 - -
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U.S.Total 2499.7 2438.8 56.3 4.6
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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 4.1 0.5 3.6
3 3.0 0.1 2.8
4 2.9 0.3 2.6
5 7.0 0.4 6.6
6 4.2 0.3 3.9
7 0.4 - 0.4
8 9.7 - -
9 4.4 - -
10 1.2 - 1.2
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U.S.Total 37.6 2.3 35.3
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