USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 06/04 11:10
06/04/2026 | 11:10 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 06/04 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Jun 04,2026
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Report for Sunday May 17,2026 thru Saturday May 23,2026 - 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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5/18/26 291 378 103073 2756 454732 9690
5/19/26 262 258 110578 2095 484885 6926
5/20/26 188 280 105819 1541 482347 7835
5/21/26 262 254 109084 2099 484692 7489
5/22/26 48 301 100322 2299 406635 6276
5/23/26 1 - 6883 116 8866 116
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Total 1052 1471 535759 10906 2322157 38332
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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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5/18/26 6564 14.4% 29822 8277 56672 83.9%
5/19/26 10027 18.1% 31551 9956 57324 80.4%
5/20/26 9568 16.3% 31744 7672 55161 82.1%
5/21/26 9770 17.4% 32775 9262 55636 81.0%
5/22/26 9855 16.5% 31813 6667 50430 82.0%
5/23/26 144 2.8% 2448 50 4236 97.1%
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Total 45928 16.4% 160153 41884 279459 82.1%
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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 1469
Dressed Weight 900 978 889 666 940
Meat Production 481.2
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 377
Dressed Weight 225
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 218 216 308 236
Meat Production 506.8
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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 63 57
Meat Production 2.2
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Total Meat Production 990.5
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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 1471
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Total 1471
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 279459 52.2
Heifers 160153 29.9
Dairy Cows 45928 8.6
Other Cows 41884 7.8
Bulls 8335 1.6
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Total 535759
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2261305 97.4
Sows 56130 2.4
Boars 4722 0.2
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Total 2322157
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2817 7.3
Lambs & Yearlings 35515 92.7
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Total 38332
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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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4 -
10 -
2 0.3
5 -
8 -
7 -
9 -
1 -
6 -
3 -
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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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4 11.9 1.3 0.6 2.2 6.8 1.1
10 32.5 13.4 9.6 7.0 2.1 0.4
2 1.7 0.6 - - - -
5 57.8 29.4 7.5 12.8 - -
8 43.3 25.4 14.7 - - -
7 251.0 146.9 90.8 - 9.8 -
9 29.3 12.7 5.0 8.5 2.8 0.3
1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 - 0.1
6 87.1 40.1 30.6 5.8 8.5 2.1
3 20.5 9.4 - 6.3 2.6 -
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U.S.Total 535.8 279.5 160.2 45.9 41.9
8.3
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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4 - 18.5 - -
10 4.7 - 4.7 -
2 2.4 - 2.4 -
5 705.0 20.2 726.3 1.1
8 - - - -
7 1055.2 17.4 1075.4 2.8
9 18.7 - 18.7 -
1 0.3 - 0.4 -
6 91.9 - 92.0 -
3 - 0.1 - -
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U.S.Total 2261.3 56.1 2322.2 4.7
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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4 3.7 0.2 3.4
10 1.4 - 1.4
2 6.5 0.7 5.9
5 6.6 0.6 6.0
8 6.8 - -
7 0.5 - 0.4
9 4.3 - -
1 0.8 - 0.8
6 4.4 0.3 4.1
3 3.3 0.2 3.1
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U.S.Total 38.3 2.8 35.5
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