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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 
                        ------   ------   ------    -----   ------    ----- 
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
                         -----  -----------          -----            -------
                         Cows  % of Cattle Heifers   Cows    Steers  % of Cattle
                         ----  ----------- -------   ----    ------  -----------
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
 ------   ------   -------    ----    -----
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
  ---- ------------- ----    -----
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
 ----- ------------ ---------------
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  
                        ----    ----------  
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  
                        ----    ----------  
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  
                        ----    ----------  
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
------------------------ -----   ------  ------- ---------- ---------- -----
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
------------------------ ----- ------------- ----    -----
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
------------------------ -----  ------ ----- ---------------
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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