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USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 03/26 11:05

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 
                        ------   ------   ------    -----   ------    ----- 
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
                         -----  -----------          -----            -------
                         Cows  % of Cattle Heifers   Cows    Steers  % of Cattle
                         ----  ----------- -------   ----    ------  -----------
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
 ------   ------   -------    ----    -----
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
  ---- ------------- ----    -----
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
 ----- ------------ ---------------
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  
                        ----    ----------  
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  
                        ----    ----------  
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  
                        ----    ----------  
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
------------------------ -----   ------  ------- ---------- ---------- -----
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
------------------------ ----- ------------- ----    -----
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
------------------------ -----  ------ ----- ---------------
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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