USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 12/18 12:10
12/18/2025 | 12:10 pm CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 12/18 12:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Dec 18,2025
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Report for Sunday Nov 30,2025 thru Saturday Dec 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
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12/1/25 319 528 114996 2856 484671 10717
12/2/25 275 519 123108 2018 488651 8725
12/3/25 207 428 116956 1544 483880 7135
12/4/25 306 348 123400 2527 486991 7554
12/5/25 72 498 113879 1920 477143 5205
12/6/25 60 - 10590 7 282764 3
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Total 1239 2321 602929 10872 2704100 39339
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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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12/1/25 7610 14.1% 37370 8581 60023 84.7%
12/2/25 12891 18.0% 35122 9280 64177 80.7%
12/3/25 12306 17.6% 40249 8278 54281 80.8%
12/4/25 12291 17.6% 39275 9489 60554 80.9%
12/5/25 12963 18.2% 35066 7784 56122 80.1%
12/6/25 711 17.9% 2498 1180 6193 82.1%
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Total 58772 17.1% 189580 44592 301350 81.4%
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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 1472
Dressed Weight 900 988 894 652 907
Meat Production 541.4
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 320
Dressed Weight 190
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 295
Dressed Weight 219 217 304 225
Meat Production 593.4
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 117
Dressed Weight 59 64 59
Meat Production 2.3
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Total Meat Production 1137.6
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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 2321
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Total 2321
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 301350 50.0
Heifers 189580 31.4
Dairy Cows 58772 9.7
Other Cows 44592 7.4
Bulls 8635 1.4
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Total 602929
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2634603 97.4
Sows 65020 2.4
Boars 4477 0.2
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Total 2704100
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2357 6.0
Lambs & Yearlings 36982 94.0
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Total 39339
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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 0.6
3 0.9
4 -
5 0.4
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
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U.S.Total 2.3
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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 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
2 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1
3 20.6 8.0 1.0 8.7 1.9 1.0
4 12.2 1.2 0.7 2.9 6.2 1.2
5 60.7 30.0 - 14.1 7.1 -
6 103.8 43.3 37.8 8.4 12.1 2.3
7 275.0 155.5 - 3.0 10.5 -
8 62.0 37.0 - 0.6 2.6 -
9 32.3 11.5 5.8 13.6 1.1 0.2
10 33.8 14.1 9.5 6.9 3.0 0.4
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U.S.Total 602.9 301.4 189.6 58.8 44.6 8.6
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.6 0.6 - -
2 3.0 3.0 - -
3 76.8 76.8 - -
4 - - 22.6 -
5 836.0 810.2 24.1 1.7
6 105.5 105.4 - -
7 1184.6 1164.4 18.2 2.0
8 - - - -
9 18.6 18.6 - -
10 5.0 5.0 - -
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U.S.Total 2704.1 2634.6 65.0 4.5
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 1.3 0.1 1.2
2 5.5 0.7 4.9
3 3.3 0.2 3.1
4 2.7 0.2 2.5
5 6.8 0.3 6.5
6 3.4 0.2 3.2
7 0.3 - -
8 9.8 - -
9 5.2 0.5 4.7
10 1.1 - 1.1
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U.S.Total 39.3 2.4 37.0
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