USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 09/10 11:10
09/10/2026 | 11:10 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 09/10 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Sep 10,2026
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Report for Sunday Aug 23,2026 thru Saturday Aug 29,2026 - 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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8/24/26 256 418 98754 2819 471000 9500
8/25/26 311 259 107250 2103 473153 7085
8/26/26 207 476 106517 1712 477688 6174
8/27/26 180 245 106623 2169 486559 6827
8/28/26 73 449 103395 1913 443471 4622
8/29/26 - - 23461 16 29873 12
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Total 1027 1847 546000 10732 2381744 34220
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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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8/24/26 8942 16.1% 29867 6908 51301 82.2%
8/25/26 10176 16.8% 25347 7816 62040 81.5%
8/26/26 10866 17.0% 27698 7220 58917 81.3%
8/27/26 9805 16.8% 27980 8104 58946 81.5%
8/28/26 11585 17.0% 27761 6026 56140 81.1%
8/29/26 1044 8.0% 4796 828 16728 91.7%
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Total 52418 16.4% 143449 36902 304072 82.0%
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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 1451
Dressed Weight 891 969 877 640 930
Meat Production 485.5
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 376
Dressed Weight 222
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 285
Dressed Weight 212 210 307 220
Meat Production 505.9
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
----- ------------ ---------------
Live Weight 111
Dressed Weight 57 61 57
Meat Production 1.9
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Total Meat Production 993.8
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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 1847
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Total 1847
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 304072 55.7
Heifers 143449 26.3
Dairy Cows 52418 9.6
Other Cows 36902 6.8
Bulls 9159 1.7
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Total 546000
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2326585 97.7
Sows 50044 2.1
Boars 5115 0.2
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Total 2381744
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2042 6.0
Lambs & Yearlings 32178 94.0
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Total 34220
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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 1.8
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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 1.7 0.6 - - - -
3 11.1 2.3 - 6.1 1.3 -
4 11.4 1.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 0.9
5 50.1 25.3 2.6 14.2 - -
6 95.3 46.9 29.4 8.2 8.5 2.2
7 265.5 167.1 86.6 - 7.8 -
8 45.8 32.5 10.6 - - -
9 30.9 13.2 3.7 10.2 3.4 0.3
10 33.7 15.0 9.1 6.9 1.9 0.8
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U.S.Total 546.0 304.1 143.4 52.4 36.9 9.2
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.4 0.4 - -
2 2.3 2.3 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 17.1 -
5 748.6 729.0 18.0 1.7
6 115.0 114.9 - -
7 1086.9 1069.3 14.9 2.7
8 - - - -
9 19.2 19.2 - -
10 4.4 4.4 - -
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U.S.Total 2381.7 2326.6 50.0 5.1
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.8 - 0.7
2 5.1 0.5 4.5
3 3.2 0.2 3.0
4 2.8 0.2 2.6
5 6.5 0.4 6.1
6 3.6 0.3 3.3
7 0.4 - 0.4
8 6.9 - -
9 4.1 - -
10 1.0 - 0.9
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U.S.Total 34.2 2.0 32.2
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