USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 07/16 11:10
07/16/2026 | 11:10 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 07/16 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Jul 16,2026
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Report for Sunday Jun 28,2026 thru Saturday Jul 04,2026 - 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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6/29/26 286 387 104659 2562 451976 10447
6/30/26 320 290 111424 1891 468697 6852
7/1/26 118 371 110543 1638 472499 7821
7/2/26 197 276 109393 2561 450087 7067
7/3/26 2 19 25608 836 133018 1956
7/4/26 - - 18 - 4 30
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Total 923 1343 461645 9488 1976281 34173
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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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6/29/26 7934 15.9% 35000 8660 51023 82.2%
6/30/26 10094 16.1% 31020 7812 60710 82.3%
7/1/26 9838 16.9% 30780 8809 59511 81.7%
7/2/26 10604 17.3% 28142 8362 60691 81.2%
7/3/26 6676 39.5% 5739 3448 8656 56.2%
7/4/26 50.0% 2 9 7 50.0%
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Total 45146 17.8% 130683 37100 240598 80.4%
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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 1445
Dressed Weight 884 963 880 650 956
Meat Production 407.2
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 377
Dressed Weight 224
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 286
Dressed Weight 214 212 305 234
Meat Production 423.0
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 115
Dressed Weight 58 62 58
Meat Production 2.0
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Total Meat Production 832.5
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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 1343
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Total 1343
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 240598 52.1
Heifers 130683 28.3
Dairy Cows 45146 9.8
Other Cows 37100 8.0
Bulls 8118 1.8
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Total 461645
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 1929687 97.6
Sows 42391 2.1
Boars 4203 0.2
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Total 1976281
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2494 7.3
Lambs & Yearlings 31679 92.7
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Total 34173
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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 1.3
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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 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 - -
2 1.5 0.6 - - - -
3 17.5 7.0 - 6.3 2.1 -
4 9.9 1.2 0.3 2.3 5.3 0.8
5 47.2 23.7 5.0 11.8 - -
6 76.4 33.3 28.0 5.3 8.0 1.8
7 217.1 129.3 74.2 - 8.9 -
8 36.8 23.7 10.1 - - -
9 27.7 11.1 4.4 8.9 3.0 0.2
10 27.2 10.7 7.4 6.5 2.1 0.6
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U.S.Total 461.6 240.6 130.7 45.1 37.1 8.1
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.4 0.4 - -
2 2.4 2.4 - -
3 - - 0.1 -
4 - - 14.4 -
5 572.8 555.1 16.8 0.9
6 92.0 92.0 - -
7 919.2 905.8 11.1 2.4
8 - - - -
9 19.3 19.3 - -
10 4.6 4.6 - -
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U.S.Total 1976.3 1929.7 42.4 4.2
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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 5.7 0.7 5.0
3 2.7 0.1 2.6
4 3.4 0.2 3.2
5 6.6 0.3 6.2
6 3.6 0.4 3.3
7 0.3 - 0.3
8 5.9 - -
9 4.5 - -
10 0.9 - 0.8
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U.S.Total 34.2 2.5 31.7
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