USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/16 11:05
04/16/2026 | 11:06 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/16 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Apr 16,2026
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Report for Sunday Mar 29,2026 thru Saturday Apr 04,2026 - 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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3/30/26 155 441 107148 3020 488724 9869
3/31/26 281 370 106858 2021 496575 8010
4/1/26 224 188 106746 1338 479763 6440
4/2/26 159 283 104664 2040 489677 8286
4/3/26 215 313 94375 1733 414356 4928
4/4/26 - - 8035 15 12775 12
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Total 1034 1595 527826 10167 2381870 37545
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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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3/30/26 8280 14.7% 36319 7454 53586 83.9%
3/31/26 11394 17.5% 32096 7358 54015 80.6%
4/1/26 9335 16.6% 35625 8375 51873 82.0%
4/2/26 10697 17.6% 35810 7711 48666 80.7%
4/3/26 10638 18.5% 30490 6792 44879 79.9%
4/4/26 14 0.4% 4294 18 3702 99.5%
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Total 50358 16.7% 174634 37708 256721 81.7%
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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 1469
Dressed Weight 900 981 897 664 929
Meat Production 474.1
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 362
Dressed Weight 214
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 216 299 232
Meat Production 518.8
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 115
Dressed Weight 59 63 58
Meat Production 2.2
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Total Meat Production 995.5
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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 1595
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Total 1595
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 256721 48.6
Heifers 174634 33.1
Dairy Cows 50358 9.5
Other Cows 37708 7.1
Bulls 8405 1.6
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Total 527826
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2324773 97.6
Sows 52603 2.2
Boars 4494 0.2
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Total 2381870
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2308 6.1
Lambs & Yearlings 35237 93.9
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Total 37545
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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 1.6
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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 1.5 0.4 - - - -
3 20.2 8.6 - 7.4 2.1 -
4 11.4 1.4 0.5 2.9 5.5 1.1
5 56.4 27.5 7.6 13.6 - -
6 89.7 39.0 33.5 6.1 8.5 2.5
7 245.4 133.0 99.9 - 8.2 -
8 41.4 21.6 16.1 - - -
9 29.4 13.4 4.3 9.2 2.2 0.3
10 32.0 11.7 11.4 7.3 1.3 0.4
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U.S.Total 527.8 256.7 174.6 50.4 37.7 8.4
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.3 0.3 - -
2 2.9 2.9 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 16.3 -
5 733.0 711.5 20.2 1.3
6 92.9 92.8 - -
7 1066.9 1048.7 15.9 2.3
8 - - 0.1 -
9 18.4 18.4 - -
10 4.6 4.6 - -
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U.S.Total 2381.9 2324.8 52.6 4.5
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 1.1 - 1.1
2 6.2 0.8 5.4
3 4.1 0.2 3.9
4 3.2 0.2 2.9
5 6.8 0.4 6.5
6 3.9 0.2 3.7
7 0.5 - 0.5
8 6.7 - -
9 4.0 - -
10 1.2 - 1.1
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U.S.Total 37.5 2.3 35.2
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