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USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 08/13 11:10

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
                                                            Thursday Aug 13,2026
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Report for Sunday Jul 26,2026 thru Saturday Aug 01,2026 - 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 
                        ------   ------   ------    -----   ------    ----- 
7/27/26                    241      361    92040     2839   422236     9082 
7/28/26                    261      283   106604     1746   461928     7182 
7/29/26                    254      438   105477     1542   467731     6562 
7/30/26                    199      250   103426     1896   474374     6648 
7/31/26                     48      198    97843     1748   412989     3855 
8/1/26                       -        -     5662        1    34554       15 
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  Total                   1003     1530   511052     9772  2273812    33344 

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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
                         -----  -----------          -----            -------
                         Cows  % of Cattle Heifers   Cows    Steers  % of Cattle
                         ----  ----------- -------   ----    ------  -----------
7/27/26                   7424    15.2%    28963     6581    47924    83.5% 
7/28/26                  10816    17.2%    29952     7511    56524    81.1% 
7/29/26                  10076    16.9%    32887     7729    53209    81.6% 
7/30/26                  10757    18.4%    24576     8325    58138    80.0% 
7/31/26                  11912    17.8%    28552     5481    50170    80.5% 
8/1/26                    0.2%     2178       10     3471    99.8% 
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  Total                  50985    16.9%   147108    35637   269436    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
 ------   ------   -------    ----    -----
Live Weight               1433 
Dressed Weight             883      961      874      648      932 
Meat Production          450.3 

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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
  ---- ------------- ----    -----
Live Weight                284 
Dressed Weight             212      209      307      227 
Meat Production          481.3 

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Lamb/Mutton
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                         Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
 ----- ------------ ---------------
Live Weight                110 
Dressed Weight              56       63       56 
Meat Production            1.9 

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Total Meat Production    933.8 

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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  
                        ----    ----------  
Calves                  1530          
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Total                   1530          

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Cattle
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                        Head    % of Total  
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Steers                269436     52.7 
Heifers               147108     28.8 
Dairy Cows             50985     10.0 
Other Cows             35637      7.0 
Bulls                   7886      1.5 
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Total                 511052          

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Hogs
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
Barrows & Gilts      2217747     97.5 
Sows                   51838      2.3 
Boars                   4227      0.2 
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Total                2273812          

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Sheep
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
Mature Sheep            2323      7.0 
Lambs & Yearlings      31021     93.0 
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Total                  33344          


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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                  1.5 

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Cattle
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Standard Federal Regions Total   Steers  Heifers Dairy Cows Other Cows Bulls
------------------------ -----   ------  ------- ---------- ---------- -----
1                          0.5      0.2      0.1      0.1        -        - 
2                          1.7      0.6        -        -        -        - 
3                         18.3      7.3        -      7.3      1.9        - 
4                         12.2      1.1      0.4      3.4      6.3      1.0 
5                         51.4     25.7      5.4     13.1        -        - 
6                         85.2     39.9     28.7      7.4      7.2      2.0 
7                        235.8    144.0     80.4        -      7.3        - 
8                         45.5     24.9     17.5        -        -        - 
9                         29.4     12.4      4.6      9.8      2.4      0.2 
10                        31.1     13.5      9.0      6.2      1.9      0.5 
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U.S.Total                511.1    269.4    147.1     51.0     35.6      7.9 

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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows    Boars
------------------------ ----- ------------- ----    -----
1                          0.3      0.3        -        - 
2                          2.5      2.5        -        - 
3                            -        -        -        - 
4                            -        -     17.4        - 
5                        676.9    655.3     20.4      1.2 
6                        113.6    113.5        -        - 
7                       1051.6   1035.2     13.8      2.5 
8                            -        -        -        - 
9                         17.1     17.1        -        - 
10                         4.6      4.6        -        - 
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U.S.Total               2273.8   2217.7     51.8      4.2 

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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total  Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
------------------------ -----  ------ ----- ---------------
1                          0.7        -      0.6 
2                          5.0      0.6      4.4 
3                          3.0      0.3      2.7 
4                          3.0      0.2      2.8 
5                          6.5      0.4      6.1 
6                          3.6      0.3      3.3 
7                          0.4        -      0.4 
8                          6.1        -        - 
9                          4.1        -        - 
10                         1.0        -      0.9 
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U.S.Total                 33.3      2.3     31.0 

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