USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/30 11:05
04/30/2026 | 11:05 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 04/30 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Apr 30,2026
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Report for Sunday Apr 12,2026 thru Saturday Apr 18,2026 - 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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4/13/26 253 408 103890 2595 489225 10771
4/14/26 315 260 112527 1668 486843 8115
4/15/26 269 274 108685 1088 487383 5869
4/16/26 317 282 103744 1810 490324 7750
4/17/26 30 301 78504 1397 440465 4361
4/18/26 - - 7844 - 76027 2
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Total 1184 1525 515194 8558 2470267 36868
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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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4/13/26 6649 13.5% 35732 7410 52670 85.1%
4/14/26 10695 17.1% 38188 8540 53307 81.3%
4/15/26 9767 15.1% 37635 6696 53053 83.4%
4/16/26 9999 17.2% 34844 7820 49379 81.2%
4/17/26 11018 21.9% 25549 6207 34440 76.4%
4/18/26 419 6.0% 3134 50 4210 93.6%
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Total 48547 16.6% 175082 36723 247059 81.9%
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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 1470
Dressed Weight 902 980 901 672 929
Meat Production 463.7
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 361
Dressed Weight 212
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 217 294 234
Meat Production 538.8
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 117
Dressed Weight 60 64 59
Meat Production 2.2
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Total Meat Production 1005.1
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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 1525
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Total 1525
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 247059 48.0
Heifers 175082 34.0
Dairy Cows 48547 9.4
Other Cows 36723 7.1
Bulls 7783 1.5
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Total 515194
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2416372 97.8
Sows 49874 2.0
Boars 4021 0.2
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Total 2470267
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2205 6.0
Lambs & Yearlings 34663 94.0
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Total 36868
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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 1.5
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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 19.3 8.5 - 6.5 2.2 -
4 12.8 1.7 0.5 3.0 6.6 1.1
5 56.5 27.8 6.6 13.0 - -
6 79.2 31.3 31.0 6.5 8.1 2.4
7 226.4 126.4 91.4 - 5.9 -
8 57.3 26.8 27.3 - - -
9 29.0 13.1 4.8 8.8 2.0 0.3
10 32.6 10.7 12.3 7.6 1.6 0.4
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U.S.Total 515.2 247.1 175.1 48.5 36.7 7.8
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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 2.3 2.3 - -
3 - - 0.1 -
4 - - 10.8 -
5 780.1 757.4 21.9 0.8
6 93.7 93.7 - -
7 1122.3 1102.6 17.1 2.6
8 - - - -
9 16.8 16.8 - -
10 4.6 4.6 - -
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U.S.Total 2470.3 2416.4 49.9 4.0
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.8 - 0.7
2 5.6 0.5 5.1
3 3.1 0.2 3.0
4 3.2 0.2 3.0
5 6.3 0.3 6.0
6 4.1 0.2 3.9
7 0.4 - 0.3
8 8.2 - -
9 3.9 - -
10 1.2 - 1.2
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U.S.Total 36.9 2.2 34.7
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