USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 05/28 11:05
05/28/2026 | 11:05 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 05/28 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday May 28,2026
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Report for Sunday May 10,2026 thru Saturday May 16,2026 - 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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5/11/26 252 422 100170 2959 461576 9961
5/12/26 273 274 107282 1637 484187 7876
5/13/26 307 274 106512 1222 479113 6571
5/14/26 224 247 107842 1607 462625 6880
5/15/26 54 347 97597 1946 439530 4244
5/16/26 - - 8886 1 27207 35
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Total 1110 1564 528289 9372 2354238 35567
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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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5/11/26 6554 13.7% 32144 7187 52788 84.8%
5/12/26 9722 18.2% 35591 9763 50238 80.0%
5/13/26 9814 16.3% 33477 7565 54191 82.3%
5/14/26 8486 17.1% 36308 9996 51138 81.1%
5/15/26 9950 18.4% 30338 8016 47570 79.8%
5/16/26 0.1% 3437 7 5440 99.9%
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Total 44526 16.5% 171295 42534 261365 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 1465
Dressed Weight 898 976 895 664 953
Meat Production 473.6
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 375
Dressed Weight 222
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 216 304 236
Meat Production 513.2
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 113
Dressed Weight 57 61 57
Meat Production 2.0
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Total Meat Production 989.2
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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 1564
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Total 1564
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 261365 49.5
Heifers 171295 32.4
Dairy Cows 44526 8.4
Other Cows 42534 8.1
Bulls 8569 1.6
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Total 528289
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2291546 97.3
Sows 58210 2.5
Boars 4482 0.2
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Total 2354238
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2883 8.1
Lambs & Yearlings 32684 91.9
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Total 35567
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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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3 -
5 -
7 -
9 -
6 -
1 -
8 -
10 -
2 0.3
4 -
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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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3 - 2.6 - 20.4 8.6 6.7
5 6.9 - - 55.7 28.7 11.4
7 96.7 9.6 - 244.4 134.4 -
9 3.6 2.9 0.3 28.3 13.0 8.4
6 33.7 9.0 2.4 90.2 39.7 5.4
1 0.1 0.1 - 0.5 0.2 0.1
8 17.9 - - 44.8 23.6 -
10 10.0 2.1 0.4 30.4 11.2 6.7
2 - - - 1.6 0.6 -
4 0.7 6.3 1.2 12.0 1.3 2.4
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U.S.Total 171.3 42.5 8.6 528.3 261.4 44.5
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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3 - - - -
5 725.6 703.9 20.5 1.1
7 1048.8 1028.3 17.8 2.7
9 17.8 17.8 - -
6 94.4 94.4 - -
1 0.3 0.3 - -
8 - - - -
10 4.3 4.3 - -
2 2.7 2.7 - -
4 - - 19.8 -
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U.S.Total 2354.2 2291.5 58.2 4.5
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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3 3.3 0.3 3.0
5 6.1 0.4 5.7
7 0.5 - 0.5
9 3.8 - -
6 4.1 0.3 3.8
1 0.7 - 0.7
8 7.0 - -
10 1.2 - 1.2
2 5.5 0.9 4.6
4 3.3 0.2 3.1
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U.S.Total 35.6 2.9 32.7
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