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USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 12/11 11:05

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
                                                            Thursday Dec 11,2025
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Report for Sunday Nov 23,2025 thru Saturday Nov 29,2025 - 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 
                        ------   ------   ------    -----   ------    ----- 
11/24/25                   305      469   123036     3572   501032    13336 
11/25/25                   350      484   125669     3297   497577     9658 
11/26/25                   196      617   123597     2693   484335     9185 
11/27/25                     -        7     2497      216        0      224 
11/28/25                   134      397   101377     1877   393750     6290 
11/29/25                     -        -    19901       19   209939       31 
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  Total                    985     1974   496077    11674  2086633    38724 

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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
                         ----  ----------- -------   ----    ------  -----------
11/24/25                  9717    16.5%    41909    10528    58763    81.8% 
11/25/25                 11738    17.0%    40942     9673    61433    81.5% 
11/26/25                 12177    17.1%    37903     8900    62765    81.4% 
11/27/25                   480    49.2%        4      749      991    39.8% 
11/28/25                  8316    14.7%    32414     6583    53165    84.4% 
11/29/25                  2050    27.4%     5177     3400     8938    70.9% 
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  Total                  44478    17.0%   158349    39833   246055    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               1464 
Dressed Weight             896      983      893      644      909 
Meat Production          443.6 

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Calves/Veal
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                         Calves
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Live Weight                345 
Dressed Weight             203 
Meat Production            0.4 

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Pork
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                          Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows    Boars
  ---- ------------- ----    -----
Live Weight                292 
Dressed Weight             218      216      297      240 
Meat Production          454.6 

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Lamb/Mutton
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                         Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
 ----- ------------ ---------------
Live Weight                111 
Dressed Weight              56       63       56 
Meat Production            2.2 

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Total Meat Production    900.7 

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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                  1974          
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Total                   1974          

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Cattle
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                        Head    % of Total  
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Steers                246055     49.6 
Heifers               158349     31.9 
Dairy Cows             44478      9.0 
Other Cows             39833      8.0 
Bulls                   7362      1.5 
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Total                 496077          

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Hogs
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
Barrows & Gilts      2045065     98.0 
Sows                   37891      1.8 
Boars                   3677      0.2 
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Total                2086633          

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Sheep
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
Mature Sheep            2627      6.8 
Lambs & Yearlings      36097     93.2 
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Total                  38724          


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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                          0.7 
4                          0.1 
5                          0.4 
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                          0.4      0.2      0.1      0.1        -      0.1 
2                          1.6      0.5      0.5      0.4      0.2      0.1 
3                         15.6      6.0      1.4      5.7      1.8      0.7 
4                         10.1      1.0      0.3      2.6      5.2      1.0 
5                         52.4     25.9        -     11.7      6.5        - 
6                         81.1     33.0     28.7      6.8     11.0      1.7 
7                        222.8    127.8        -      2.7      8.0        - 
8                         59.3     31.9        -      0.3      2.4        - 
9                         25.1     10.2      4.3      8.7      1.8      0.2 
10                        27.5      9.5      9.2      5.5      2.9      0.5 
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U.S.Total                496.1    246.1    158.3     44.5     39.8      7.4 

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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows    Boars
------------------------ ----- ------------- ----    -----
1                          0.4      0.4        -        - 
2                          2.2      2.2        -        - 
3                         53.4     53.4        -        - 
4                            -        -     13.0        - 
5                        698.4    682.3     15.2      0.9 
6                         64.5     64.5        -        - 
7                        883.3    871.8      9.5      2.0 
8                            -        -      0.1        - 
9                         18.0     18.0        -        - 
10                         4.3      4.3        -        - 
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U.S.Total               2086.6   2045.1     37.9      3.7 

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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total  Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
------------------------ -----  ------ ----- ---------------
1                          1.0        -      1.0 
2                          5.7      0.8      4.9 
3                          2.7      0.2      2.5 
4                          3.5      0.2      3.3 
5                          6.8      0.4      6.4 
6                          4.3      0.2      4.1 
7                          0.4        -        - 
8                          8.7        -        - 
9                          4.6      0.7      3.9 
10                         1.0        -      1.0 
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U.S.Total                 38.7      2.6     36.1 

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