USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/02 11:10
04/02/2026 | 11:10 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/02 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Apr 02,2026
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Report for Sunday Mar 15,2026 thru Saturday Mar 21,2026 - 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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3/16/26 209 445 98379 3579 391400 11384
3/17/26 299 420 105436 2770 497724 9500
3/18/26 256 290 104751 2534 493149 8688
3/19/26 232 210 105587 1899 491023 7711
3/20/26 68 371 75798 1013 467124 4873
3/21/26 - - 12111 146 148988 714
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Total 1064 1736 502062 11941 2489408 42870
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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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3/16/26 7708 14.8% 29129 6867 53238 83.7%
3/17/26 11233 18.5% 33757 8254 50558 80.0%
3/18/26 9884 15.9% 34020 6774 52896 83.0%
3/19/26 10485 17.7% 34213 8155 51178 80.9%
3/20/26 12541 24.9% 20625 6316 35154 73.6%
3/21/26 367 6.0% 4708 355 6677 94.0%
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Total 52218 17.7% 156452 36721 249701 80.9%
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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 1474
Dressed Weight 903 984 899 677 931
Meat Production 452.2
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 358
Dressed Weight 211
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 216 302 210
Meat Production 543.0
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 121
Dressed Weight 62 63 62
Meat Production 2.6
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Total Meat Production 998.2
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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 1736
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Total 1736
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 249701 49.7
Heifers 156452 31.2
Dairy Cows 52218 10.4
Other Cows 36721 7.3
Bulls 6970 1.4
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Total 502062
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2426801 97.5
Sows 57867 2.3
Boars 4740 0.2
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Total 2489408
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2477 5.8
Lambs & Yearlings 40393 94.2
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Total 42870
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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 1.7
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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 2.0 0.5 - - - -
3 20.5 8.2 - 8.1 2.1 -
4 10.5 1.1 0.6 2.8 5.0 1.0
5 49.8 22.4 7.1 12.1 - -
6 94.9 50.0 28.6 7.3 7.1 1.9
7 224.7 122.5 88.6 - 9.8 -
8 39.0 21.7 14.1 - - -
9 29.7 12.0 5.2 10.8 1.3 0.3
10 30.5 11.1 10.4 7.2 1.6 0.3
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U.S.Total 502.1 249.7 156.5 52.2 36.7 7.0
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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 2.8 2.8 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 19.1 -
5 767.2 745.7 20.4 1.1
6 92.5 92.5 - -
7 1120.7 1099.6 18.3 2.8
8 - - - -
9 17.8 17.7 - -
10 5.1 5.1 - -
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U.S.Total 2489.4 2426.8 57.9 4.7
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 1.0 - 0.9
2 6.2 0.6 5.6
3 3.6 0.2 3.3
4 3.3 0.2 3.0
5 8.7 0.5 8.2
6 4.2 0.2 4.0
7 0.5 - 0.4
8 9.6 - -
9 4.6 - -
10 1.4 - 1.4
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U.S.Total 42.9 2.5 40.4
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