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USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 09/18 11:05

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
                                                            Thursday Sep 18,2025
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Report for Sunday Aug 31,2025 thru Saturday Sep 06,2025 - 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 
                        ------   ------   ------    -----   ------    ----- 
9/1/25                       -      214     2401     1118     1821     2637 
9/2/25                     262      379   122156     2822   483911     9741 
9/3/25                     365      427   122000     2040   489514     6859 
9/4/25                     239      377   121477     2161   487551     8154 
9/5/25                     233      560   119302     1752   471491     4118 
9/6/25                       -        -     6494       13   383141       11 
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  Total                   1099     1957   493830     9906  2317429    31520 

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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
                         ----  ----------- -------   ----    ------  -----------
9/1/25                     254    18.8%      689      198     1167    77.3% 
9/2/25                   10883    16.6%    33584     9394    66257    81.7% 
9/3/25                   11651    15.9%    38083     7803    62338    82.3% 
9/4/25                   11978    17.6%    34548     9413    63425    80.7% 
9/5/25                   11912    16.5%    35760     7726    61873    81.8% 
9/6/25                     822    38.9%     1219     1707     2680    60.0% 
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  Total                  47500    17.0%   143883    36241   257740    81.3% 

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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               1431 
Dressed Weight             878      958      866      645      909 
Meat Production          432.4 

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Calves/Veal
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                         Calves
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Live Weight                340 
Dressed Weight             200 
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      303      238 
Meat Production          491.7 

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Lamb/Mutton
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                         Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
 ----- ------------ ---------------
Live Weight                112 
Dressed Weight              57       61       56 
Meat Production            1.8 

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Total Meat Production    926.2 

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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                  1957          
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Total                   1957          

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Cattle
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                        Head    % of Total  
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Steers                257740     52.2 
Heifers               143883     29.1 
Dairy Cows             47500      9.6 
Other Cows             36241      7.3 
Bulls                   8466      1.7 
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Total                 493830          

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Hogs
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
Barrows & Gilts      2268768     97.9 
Sows                   44421      1.9 
Boars                   4240      0.2 
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Total                2317429          

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Sheep
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
Mature Sheep            2400      7.6 
Lambs & Yearlings      29120     92.4 
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Total                  31520          


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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                          0.5 
3                          0.8 
4                            - 
5                          0.3 
6                            - 
7                            - 
8                            - 
9                            - 
10                           - 
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U.S.Total                  2.0 

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Cattle
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Standard Federal Regions Total   Steers  Heifers Dairy Cows Other Cows Bulls
------------------------ -----   ------  ------- ---------- ---------- -----
1                          0.6      0.2      0.1      0.1        -      0.1 
2                          1.6      0.5      0.5      0.4      0.1      0.1 
3                         17.1      6.9      0.7      6.3      1.8      1.3 
4                         11.4      1.2      0.6      2.6      5.9      1.1 
5                         49.2     24.0        -     12.8      4.8        - 
6                         85.2     40.5     25.4      7.0     10.2      2.2 
7                        220.7    131.2        -      2.9      7.3        - 
8                         54.3     30.7        -      0.4      2.1        - 
9                         24.8     10.4      4.1      8.7      1.3      0.3 
10                        28.9     12.1      7.4      6.2      2.7      0.5 
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U.S.Total                493.8    257.7    143.9     47.5     36.2      8.5 

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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows    Boars
------------------------ ----- ------------- ----    -----
1                          0.4      0.4        -        - 
2                          2.0      2.0        -        - 
3                         63.4     63.3        -        - 
4                            -        -     16.8        - 
5                        714.6    697.9     15.5      1.2 
6                         90.3     90.2        -        - 
7                       1017.0   1003.1     12.0      1.9 
8                            -        -        -        - 
9                         17.2     17.2        -        - 
10                         4.1      4.1        -        - 
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U.S.Total               2317.4   2268.8     44.4      4.2 

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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total  Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
------------------------ -----  ------ ----- ---------------
1                          1.0        -      0.9 
2                          4.9      0.6      4.3 
3                          2.6      0.2      2.4 
4                          3.1      0.2      2.9 
5                          6.3      0.3      6.0 
6                          3.7      0.3      3.3 
7                          0.4        -        - 
8                          5.1        -        - 
9                          3.5      0.6      2.9 
10                         1.1        -      1.0 
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U.S.Total                 31.5      2.4     29.1 

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