USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 05/14 11:25
05/14/2026 | 11:25 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 05/14 11:25
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday May 14,2026
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Report for Sunday Apr 26,2026 thru Saturday May 02,2026 - 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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4/27/26 311 425 104409 2676 480837 9388
4/28/26 248 197 110534 1528 487709 7436
4/29/26 284 255 107825 1183 486139 6296
4/30/26 288 234 108092 1581 477720 6368
5/1/26 119 324 89818 1377 461422 3769
5/2/26 - - 10351 3 45163 13
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Total 1250 1435 531029 8348 2438990 33270
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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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4/27/26 7778 14.2% 37176 7007 50892 84.3%
4/28/26 10307 18.1% 35657 9699 53200 80.4%
4/29/26 9863 16.3% 32389 7748 56397 82.3%
4/30/26 9696 16.5% 36048 8189 52245 81.7%
5/1/26 9469 18.2% 29651 6847 42192 80.0%
5/2/26 0.1% 4517 7 5826 99.9%
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Total 47113 16.3% 175438 39497 260752 82.1%
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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 899 978 897 657 947
Meat Production 476.3
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 379
Dressed Weight 224
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 216 306 229
Meat Production 531.8
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 116
Dressed Weight 59 65 59
Meat Production 2.0
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Total Meat Production 1010.4
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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 1435
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Total 1435
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 260752 49.1
Heifers 175438 33.0
Dairy Cows 47113 8.9
Other Cows 39497 7.4
Bulls 8229 1.5
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Total 531029
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2376952 97.5
Sows 57655 2.4
Boars 4383 0.2
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Total 2438990
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2223 6.7
Lambs & Yearlings 31047 93.3
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Total 33270
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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 0.3
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
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U.S.Total 1.4
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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 1.6 0.5 - - - -
3 20.3 8.3 - 7.2 2.3 -
4 12.0 1.3 0.6 2.6 6.4 1.2
5 55.3 28.0 8.2 11.9 - -
6 91.4 40.8 33.9 5.8 8.8 2.1
7 248.1 137.2 97.6 - 9.5 -
8 43.4 20.1 20.0 - - -
9 28.4 13.7 3.3 8.9 2.2 0.3
10 30.1 10.7 10.2 6.9 1.9 0.4
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U.S.Total 531.0 260.8 175.4 47.1 39.5 8.2
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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 2.3 2.3 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 20.4 -
5 737.3 715.7 20.3 1.4
6 95.2 95.2 - -
7 1105.0 1085.9 16.9 2.2
8 - - - -
9 18.0 17.9 - -
10 4.4 4.4 - -
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U.S.Total 2439.0 2377.0 57.7 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 - 0.7
2 5.4 0.7 4.7
3 2.9 0.2 2.7
4 3.0 0.2 2.8
5 5.2 0.4 4.9
6 3.7 0.1 3.5
7 0.5 - 0.5
8 7.4 - -
9 3.6 - -
10 0.9 - 0.9
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U.S.Total 33.3 2.2 31.0
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