USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 05/21 11:05
05/21/2026 | 11:05 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 05/21 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday May 21,2026
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Report for Sunday May 03,2026 thru Saturday May 09,2026 - 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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5/4/26 292 276 96281 2800 477493 10071
5/5/26 201 346 108023 1628 484954 7783
5/6/26 260 365 108240 1196 478008 6225
5/7/26 335 239 107180 1695 484393 6147
5/8/26 86 324 92117 1687 477872 3847
5/9/26 - - 13334 7 40968 29
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Total 1174 1550 525175 9013 2443688 34102
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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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5/4/26 7076 15.7% 30009 8032 49808 82.9%
5/5/26 10416 17.8% 36560 8790 50359 80.5%
5/6/26 9843 16.6% 35959 8155 52821 82.0%
5/7/26 9494 17.6% 31339 9343 55112 80.7%
5/8/26 9894 18.8% 26768 7396 46135 79.1%
5/9/26 9 0.2% 5875 18 7431 99.8%
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Total 46732 16.8% 166510 41734 261666 81.5%
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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 1475
Dressed Weight 904 985 900 667 950
Meat Production 473.7
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 376
Dressed Weight 223
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 293
Dressed Weight 219 217 303 244
Meat Production 534.2
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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 2.0
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Total Meat Production 1010.3
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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 1550
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Total 1550
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 261666 49.8
Heifers 166510 31.7
Dairy Cows 46732 8.9
Other Cows 41734 7.9
Bulls 8533 1.6
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Total 525175
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2380760 97.4
Sows 57721 2.4
Boars 5207 0.2
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Total 2443688
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2706 7.9
Lambs & Yearlings 31396 92.1
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Total 34102
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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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7 -
10 -
6 -
2 0.3
3 -
9 -
1 -
8 -
4 -
5 -
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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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7 245.1 91.4 - 9.4 - 140.2
10 32.6 9.2 7.4 1.7 0.3 13.9
6 91.6 34.4 5.5 8.6 2.1 41.0
2 1.7 - - - - 0.5
3 21.0 - 6.9 2.5 - 8.8
9 28.5 4.6 8.6 2.4 0.3 12.7
1 0.5 0.1 0.1 - 0.1 0.2
8 38.7 18.1 - - - 17.2
4 11.7 0.6 2.3 6.3 1.2 1.4
5 53.7 6.3 12.2 - - 25.7
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U.S.Total 525.2 166.5 46.7 41.7 8.5 261.7
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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7 1099.5 1078.8 17.8 3.0
10 4.4 4.4 - -
6 114.3 114.2 - -
2 2.6 2.6 - -
3 - - - -
9 18.5 18.4 - -
1 0.3 0.3 - -
8 - - - -
4 - - 19.4 -
5 729.0 707.0 20.5 1.5
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U.S.Total 2443.7 2380.8 57.7 5.2
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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7 0.4 - 0.4
10 1.1 - 1.1
6 3.9 0.3 3.6
2 5.4 0.9 4.5
3 2.8 0.2 2.6
9 3.6 - -
1 0.7 - 0.6
8 6.8 - -
4 3.5 0.3 3.2
5 6.0 0.4 5.6
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U.S.Total 34.1 2.7 31.4
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