USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 03/26 11:05
03/26/2026 | 11:05 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 03/26 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Mar 26,2026
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Report for Sunday Mar 08,2026 thru Saturday Mar 14,2026 - 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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3/9/26 153 363 102983 2858 484508 10368
3/10/26 239 371 109309 1855 493360 8669
3/11/26 379 343 105842 1849 490981 7298
3/12/26 206 335 105622 2164 490539 8476
3/13/26 89 412 85683 1889 482679 5303
3/14/26 - 1 17086 16 70342 150
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Total 1066 1825 526525 10631 2512409 40264
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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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3/9/26 9456 15.4% 33097 6444 52681 83.3%
3/10/26 12648 19.0% 36529 8173 50150 79.3%
3/11/26 10451 16.9% 35519 7400 51024 81.8%
3/12/26 11373 18.5% 30169 8182 54282 80.0%
3/13/26 12371 24.1% 26692 8276 36858 74.2%
3/14/26 37 3.8% 5427 618 10985 96.1%
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Total 56336 18.1% 167433 39093 255980 80.4%
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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 1480
Dressed Weight 904 989 903 678 923
Meat Production 475.2
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 343
Dressed Weight 200
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 216 301 217
Meat Production 548.5
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 124
Dressed Weight 63 68 63
Meat Production 2.5
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Total Meat Production 1026.6
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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 1825
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Total 1825
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 255980 48.6
Heifers 167433 31.8
Dairy Cows 56336 10.7
Other Cows 39093 7.4
Bulls 7683 1.5
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Total 526525
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2448218 97.4
Sows 58948 2.3
Boars 5243 0.2
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Total 2512409
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2528 6.3
Lambs & Yearlings 37736 93.7
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Total 40264
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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 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
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U.S.Total 1.8
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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 1.9 0.5 - - - -
3 20.7 7.7 - 8.8 2.0 -
4 12.3 1.3 0.5 3.5 5.7 1.3
5 57.6 27.1 6.6 14.8 - -
6 87.3 38.8 31.7 7.0 7.7 2.0
7 246.9 134.3 98.7 - 10.1 -
8 35.8 17.6 14.3 - - -
9 31.4 14.2 5.2 10.5 1.3 0.3
10 32.2 14.2 9.0 7.6 1.1 0.3
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U.S.Total 526.5 256.0 167.4 56.3 39.1 7.7
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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 2.5 2.5 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 19.8 -
5 751.7 729.5 20.8 1.4
6 115.3 115.3 - -
7 1149.2 1128.1 18.3 2.8
8 - - - -
9 17.9 17.9 - -
10 4.8 4.8 - -
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U.S.Total 2512.4 2448.2 58.9 5.2
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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 5.8 0.7 5.0
3 3.2 0.2 3.0
4 3.1 0.3 2.8
5 7.1 0.4 6.7
6 4.0 0.2 3.8
7 0.5 - 0.5
8 9.9 - -
9 4.6 - -
10 1.2 - 1.2
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U.S.Total 40.3 2.5 37.7
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