USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 05/07 11:05
05/07/2026 | 11:05 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 05/07 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday May 07,2026
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Report for Sunday Apr 19,2026 thru Saturday Apr 25,2026 - 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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4/20/26 283 382 97142 2532 491392 9866
4/21/26 269 305 109426 1677 486975 8437
4/22/26 332 332 110572 1274 490184 5258
4/23/26 317 277 105074 1880 477677 6613
4/24/26 64 290 91101 1331 477658 4209
4/25/26 - - 11207 6 32329 46
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Total 1265 1586 524522 8700 2456215 34429
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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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4/20/26 7067 14.8% 31790 7350 49444 83.6%
4/21/26 11149 18.2% 32976 8756 54567 80.0%
4/22/26 9870 16.0% 37987 7837 53177 82.4%
4/23/26 10038 18.2% 35395 9080 49027 80.3%
4/24/26 9894 18.5% 31531 6967 41131 79.8%
4/25/26 0.4% 5066 47 6091 99.6%
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Total 48018 16.8% 174745 40037 253437 81.6%
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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 1467
Dressed Weight 899 976 902 663 934
Meat Production 470.3
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 373
Dressed Weight 222
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 293
Dressed Weight 219 217 304 239
Meat Production 537.0
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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 63 59
Meat Production 2.1
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Total Meat Production 1009.7
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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 1586
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Total 1586
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 253437 48.3
Heifers 174745 33.3
Dairy Cows 48018 9.2
Other Cows 40037 7.6
Bulls 8285 1.6
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Total 524522
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2394513 97.5
Sows 57133 2.3
Boars 4569 0.2
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Total 2456215
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2244 6.5
Lambs & Yearlings 32185 93.5
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Total 34429
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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 20.9 8.9 - 7.2 2.2 -
4 12.4 1.5 0.5 2.7 6.5 1.1
5 53.9 26.6 6.8 12.1 - -
6 82.7 34.6 31.5 6.7 7.8 2.0
7 237.1 126.2 97.4 - 9.6 -
8 54.4 29.4 21.6 - - -
9 28.7 13.6 4.2 8.5 2.1 0.3
10 32.3 11.9 11.1 7.0 1.8 0.4
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U.S.Total 524.5 253.4 174.7 48.0 40.0 8.3
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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 - - - -
4 - - 20.8 -
5 754.7 734.4 19.2 1.0
6 115.6 115.5 - -
7 1088.3 1068.5 17.1 2.7
8 - - - -
9 18.2 18.2 - -
10 4.7 4.7 - -
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U.S.Total 2456.2 2394.5 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 0.6 - 0.6
2 5.4 0.6 4.8
3 3.0 0.2 2.8
4 3.1 0.2 2.8
5 5.9 0.4 5.5
6 3.8 0.2 3.6
7 0.4 - 0.4
8 7.7 - -
9 3.5 - -
10 1.2 - 1.1
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U.S.Total 34.4 2.2 32.2
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