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USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 05/28 11:05

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 
                        ------   ------   ------    -----   ------    ----- 
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
                         -----  -----------          -----            -------
                         Cows  % of Cattle Heifers   Cows    Steers  % of Cattle
                         ----  ----------- -------   ----    ------  -----------
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
 ------   ------   -------    ----    -----
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
  ---- ------------- ----    -----
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
 ----- ------------ ---------------
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  
                        ----    ----------  
Calves                  1564          
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Total                   1564          

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Cattle
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
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  
                        ----    ----------  
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  
                        ----    ----------  
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
------------------------ -----   ------  ------- ---------- ---------- -----
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
------------------------ ----- ------------- ----    -----
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
------------------------ -----  ------ ----- ---------------
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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