USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/23 11:10
04/23/2026 | 11:10 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/23 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Apr 23,2026
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Report for Sunday Apr 05,2026 thru Saturday Apr 11,2026 - 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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4/6/26 146 353 97771 2988 364021 10339
4/7/26 266 349 110499 1762 489800 8772
4/8/26 229 284 108802 1405 481157 7930
4/9/26 155 267 103491 1856 483203 7834
4/10/26 60 386 84166 1589 484483 4630
4/11/26 - - 5257 10 145630 5
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Total 856 1639 509986 9610 2448294 39510
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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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4/6/26 7347 13.8% 32653 6185 50236 84.8%
4/7/26 10865 16.9% 36916 7847 53178 81.5%
4/8/26 9958 15.9% 37426 7288 52777 82.9%
4/9/26 10142 17.2% 33560 7631 50625 81.3%
4/10/26 11358 22.3% 26687 7410 37090 75.8%
4/11/26 458 18.2% 1695 500 2546 80.7%
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Total 50128 17.1% 168937 36861 246452 81.5%
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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 1477
Dressed Weight 902 982 901 676 941
Meat Production 459.2
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 358
Dressed Weight 212
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 294
Dressed Weight 219 217 304 228
Meat Production 537.1
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 112
Dressed Weight 57 59 57
Meat Production 2.2
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Total Meat Production 998.9
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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 1639
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Total 1639
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 246452 48.3
Heifers 168937 33.1
Dairy Cows 50128 9.8
Other Cows 36861 7.2
Bulls 7608 1.5
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Total 509986
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2384479 97.4
Sows 58983 2.4
Boars 4832 0.2
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Total 2448294
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 3349 8.5
Lambs & Yearlings 36161 91.5
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Total 39510
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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 0.3
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 0.1 0.1 - 0.1
2 1.6 0.5 - - - -
3 20.1 8.3 - 7.5 2.1 -
4 11.9 1.4 0.7 2.7 5.8 1.3
5 49.5 23.8 5.1 13.1 - -
6 85.5 38.7 32.5 5.9 6.6 1.9
7 232.7 126.4 91.6 - 10.3 -
8 47.6 23.1 21.0 - - -
9 28.4 13.2 4.2 9.6 1.2 0.3
10 32.2 11.0 12.3 7.0 1.4 0.4
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U.S.Total 510.0 246.5 168.9 50.1 36.9 7.6
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.2 0.2 - -
2 2.6 2.6 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 19.4 -
5 763.0 738.8 22.9 1.2
6 116.8 116.7 - -
7 1088.4 1069.2 16.6 2.6
8 - - - -
9 19.2 19.2 - -
10 4.6 4.6 - -
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U.S.Total 2448.3 2384.5 59.0 4.8
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 1.5 - 1.5
2 6.2 0.7 5.5
3 5.3 1.2 4.1
4 3.3 0.4 3.0
5 7.6 0.4 7.2
6 3.9 0.2 3.6
7 0.4 - 0.4
8 6.6 - -
9 3.6 - -
10 1.1 - 1.1
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U.S.Total 39.5 3.3 36.2
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