USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 03/19 11:05
03/19/2026 | 11:05 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 03/19 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Mar 19,2026
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Report for Sunday Mar 01,2026 thru Saturday Mar 07,2026 - 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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3/2/26 205 471 102831 2854 477192 9738
3/3/26 253 349 109221 1851 484810 8506
3/4/26 261 402 109630 1500 494518 6489
3/5/26 176 319 113055 1886 490142 7463
3/6/26 254 396 88940 1687 454958 5553
3/7/26 - - 239 15 84132 6
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Total 1149 1937 523916 9793 2485752 37755
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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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3/2/26 10104 17.6% 28874 7976 54443 81.0%
3/3/26 12482 18.0% 33700 7180 54463 80.7%
3/4/26 11341 17.4% 34860 7753 54531 81.5%
3/5/26 12262 18.4% 35661 8487 55271 80.4%
3/6/26 11946 21.6% 25377 7299 42765 76.6%
3/7/26 144 74.5% 15 34 39 22.6%
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Total 58279 18.5% 158487 38729 261512 80.2%
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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 1479
Dressed Weight 903 986 901 678 918
Meat Production 471.9
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 348
Dressed Weight 206
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 218 216 300 244
Meat Production 542.8
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 123
Dressed Weight 62 62 62
Meat Production 2.4
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Total Meat Production 1017.5
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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 1937
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Total 1937
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 261512 49.9
Heifers 158487 30.3
Dairy Cows 58279 11.1
Other Cows 38729 7.4
Bulls 6909 1.3
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Total 523916
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2421528 97.4
Sows 58911 2.4
Boars 5313 0.2
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Total 2485752
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2575 6.8
Lambs & Yearlings 35180 93.2
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Total 37755
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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 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
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U.S.Total 1.9
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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 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 - -
2 1.8 0.5 - - - -
3 19.0 8.0 - 7.5 1.5 -
4 13.7 1.4 0.5 4.1 6.5 1.3
5 54.5 26.1 5.8 14.0 - -
6 80.1 36.8 24.8 8.3 8.4 1.7
7 235.6 134.3 87.9 - 9.6 -
8 55.1 27.1 24.9 - - -
9 30.6 14.4 2.7 12.3 1.0 0.2
10 32.9 12.8 10.5 7.9 1.4 0.3
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U.S.Total 523.9 261.5 158.5 58.3 38.7 6.9
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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 2.6 2.6 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 20.2 -
5 800.1 777.7 21.0 1.4
6 93.7 93.7 - -
7 1089.3 1068.7 17.6 3.0
8 - - - -
9 16.5 16.5 - -
10 4.7 4.7 - -
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U.S.Total 2485.8 2421.5 58.9 5.3
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.6 - 0.6
2 4.8 0.8 4.0
3 3.2 0.2 3.0
4 3.2 0.2 3.0
5 6.8 0.3 6.5
6 3.6 0.2 3.3
7 0.5 - 0.4
8 9.4 - -
9 4.5 - -
10 1.2 - 1.2
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U.S.Total 37.8 2.6 35.2
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