USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 12/11 11:05
12/11/2025 | 11:05 am CST 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
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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
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Cows % of Cattle Heifers Cows Steers % of Cattle
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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