USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/09 11:05
04/09/2026 | 11:05 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/09 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Apr 09,2026
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Report for Sunday Mar 22,2026 thru Saturday Mar 28,2026 - 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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3/23/26 231 414 103575 2545 486913 10188
3/24/26 270 290 108739 1702 494172 8847
3/25/26 282 259 102506 1332 493341 6917
3/26/26 264 264 98191 1943 490561 7002
3/27/26 55 324 92229 1964 475835 6447
3/28/26 - - 19152 1 58370 169
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Total 1102 1551 524392 9487 2499192 39570
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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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3/23/26 8398 15.4% 34823 7517 51410 83.3%
3/24/26 12136 18.8% 35147 8299 51495 79.7%
3/25/26 10541 17.4% 35149 7339 48128 81.2%
3/26/26 10301 18.9% 33270 8300 44677 79.4%
3/27/26 11219 20.4% 28938 7567 42894 77.9%
3/28/26 52 4.7% 7255 841 11001 95.3%
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Total 52647 17.6% 174582 39863 249605 80.9%
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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 1473
Dressed Weight 902 983 900 682 936
Meat Production 472.0
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 366
Dressed Weight 217
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 216 300 237
Meat Production 545.2
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 125
Dressed Weight 63 64 63
Meat Production 2.5
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Total Meat Production 1020.0
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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 1551
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Total 1551
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 249605 47.6
Heifers 174582 33.3
Dairy Cows 52647 10.0
Other Cows 39863 7.6
Bulls 7695 1.5
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Total 524392
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2437447 97.5
Sows 57135 2.3
Boars 4610 0.2
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Total 2499192
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2230 5.6
Lambs & Yearlings 37340 94.4
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Total 39570
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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 1.6
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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 0.2 0.1 - -
2 1.5 0.5 - - - -
3 20.2 8.3 - 7.8 2.0 -
4 11.1 1.4 0.5 2.4 5.7 1.1
5 60.7 28.6 7.6 15.0 - -
6 83.7 36.4 31.2 6.3 7.8 2.0
7 240.1 126.2 100.4 - 9.6 -
8 42.1 21.3 17.1 - - -
9 29.8 12.8 4.8 10.2 1.6 0.3
10 34.7 13.9 11.7 6.9 1.8 0.4
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U.S.Total 524.4 249.6 174.6 52.6 39.9 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 3.6 3.6 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 18.8 -
5 764.5 740.4 22.9 1.1
6 114.9 114.8 - -
7 1124.9 1106.8 15.3 2.8
8 - - - -
9 17.6 17.5 - -
10 5.1 5.1 - -
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U.S.Total 2499.2 2437.4 57.1 4.6
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.9 0.1 0.9
2 5.6 0.7 5.0
3 3.8 0.1 3.7
4 2.8 0.2 2.6
5 7.4 0.4 7.0
6 3.6 0.2 3.4
7 0.4 - 0.4
8 9.5 - -
9 4.3 - -
10 1.2 - 1.2
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U.S.Total 39.6 2.2 37.3
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