USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 03/05 11:10
03/05/2026 | 11:10 am CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 03/05 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Mar 05,2026
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Report for Sunday Feb 15,2026 thru Saturday Feb 21,2026 - 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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2/16/26 125 297 88156 2110 452513 6268
2/17/26 263 485 113750 2916 481817 10605
2/18/26 287 434 113387 2212 484521 8719
2/19/26 218 306 111619 2115 481509 8810
2/20/26 56 446 90163 1802 441228 7130
2/21/26 - - 57 70 133902 245
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Total 949 1968 517132 11225 2475490 41777
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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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2/16/26 8482 17.6% 29112 7041 42228 80.9%
2/17/26 12357 18.6% 36276 8847 54509 79.8%
2/18/26 11925 17.2% 39293 7611 53000 81.4%
2/19/26 12614 18.9% 32873 8533 55949 79.6%
2/20/26 12959 21.8% 28111 6654 41086 76.7%
2/21/26 1 68.4% 1 38 16 29.8%
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Total 58338 18.8% 165666 38724 246788 79.8%
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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 1468
Dressed Weight 895 983 896 665 928
Meat Production 462.0
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 352
Dressed Weight 207
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 293
Dressed Weight 219 217 300 240
Meat Production 541.1
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 122
Dressed Weight 62 61 62
Meat Production 2.6
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Total Meat Production 1006.0
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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 1968
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Total 1968
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 246788 47.7
Heifers 165666 32.0
Dairy Cows 58338 11.3
Other Cows 38724 7.5
Bulls 7616 1.5
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Total 517132
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2412962 97.5
Sows 58130 2.3
Boars 4398 0.2
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Total 2475490
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2830 6.8
Lambs & Yearlings 38947 93.2
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Total 41777
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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 0.4
3 -
4 0.1
5 -
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 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 - 0.1
2 1.9 0.5 - - - -
3 21.0 7.9 - 8.8 2.0 -
4 13.9 1.2 0.5 3.7 7.1 1.4
5 53.8 24.2 7.2 15.0 - -
6 83.3 36.7 29.5 7.8 7.5 1.8
7 223.3 118.8 90.6 - 9.6 -
8 60.6 33.3 24.3 - - -
9 31.0 13.7 3.4 11.9 1.7 0.2
10 27.8 10.3 8.2 6.9 2.1 0.2
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U.S.Total 517.1 246.8 165.7 58.3 38.7 7.6
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.3 0.3 - -
2 2.4 2.4 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 18.9 -
5 797.7 775.4 20.8 1.5
6 104.9 104.9 - -
7 1076.0 1055.4 18.3 2.3
8 - - - -
9 17.6 17.6 - -
10 4.8 4.7 - -
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U.S.Total 2475.5 2413.0 58.1 4.4
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.9 - 0.9
2 6.3 1.0 5.4
3 3.2 0.1 3.2
4 3.3 0.2 3.1
5 7.6 0.4 7.3
6 3.6 0.4 3.2
7 0.4 - 0.4
8 10.3 - -
9 4.7 - -
10 1.2 - 1.2
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U.S.Total 41.8 2.8 38.9
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