USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 08/13 11:10
08/13/2026 | 11:10 am CDT 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
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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
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Cows % of Cattle Heifers Cows Steers % of Cattle
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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