USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 08/27 11:10
08/27/2026 | 11:10 am CDT USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 08/27 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Aug 27,2026
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Report for Sunday Aug 09,2026 thru Saturday Aug 15,2026 - 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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8/10/26 254 371 95521 2993 466742 10021
8/11/26 245 285 107031 1958 475915 7325
8/12/26 270 420 105184 1676 480268 6587
8/13/26 219 245 107668 2312 473781 7409
8/14/26 59 171 100605 1722 417109 4542
8/15/26 - - 384 10 17127 20
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Total 1047 1492 516393 10671 2330942 35904
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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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8/10/26 7015 13.5% 29403 5868 52011 85.2%
8/11/26 11865 17.5% 30133 6821 56512 81.0%
8/12/26 10719 16.2% 27857 6282 58590 82.2%
8/13/26 11192 17.6% 27838 7766 59251 80.9%
8/14/26 12417 17.9% 29142 5639 51786 80.4%
8/15/26 142 78.6% 8 160 23 8.1%
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Total 53350 16.6% 144381 32536 278173 81.8%
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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 1442
Dressed Weight 887 966 874 650 930
Meat Production 457.3
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 370
Dressed Weight 218
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 284
Dressed Weight 212 210 308 237
Meat Production 494.2
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 110
Dressed Weight 56 68 55
Meat Production 2.0
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Total Meat Production 953.8
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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 1492
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Total 1492
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 278173 53.9
Heifers 144381 28.0
Dairy Cows 53350 10.3
Other Cows 32536 6.3
Bulls 7953 1.5
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Total 516393
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2276056 97.6
Sows 50365 2.2
Boars 4521 0.2
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Total 2330942
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2347 6.5
Lambs & Yearlings 33557 93.5
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Total 35904
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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 1.5
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Cattle
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Standard Federal Regions Total Steers Heifers Dairy Cows Other Cows Bulls
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1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 - -
2 1.7 0.6 - - - -
3 15.6 5.1 - 7.0 1.7 -
4 10.9 1.0 0.6 2.9 5.2 1.1
5 50.4 26.1 5.2 13.6 - -
6 89.9 41.9 30.1 8.7 7.3 2.0
7 240.3 147.8 81.1 - 6.9 -
8 45.7 30.3 12.3 - - -
9 28.2 10.7 4.9 9.7 2.7 0.2
10 33.0 14.4 9.2 7.1 1.7 0.6
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U.S.Total 516.4 278.2 144.4 53.4 32.5 8.0
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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 2.5 2.4 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 16.0 -
5 720.5 700.2 19.3 1.1
6 114.1 114.0 - -
7 1050.7 1033.2 15.0 2.5
8 - - - -
9 17.5 17.5 - -
10 4.4 4.4 - -
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U.S.Total 2330.9 2276.1 50.4 4.5
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.7 - 0.7
2 5.4 0.5 4.8
3 3.1 0.2 2.9
4 3.3 0.2 3.1
5 6.6 0.3 6.3
6 4.0 0.3 3.7
7 0.5 - 0.4
8 6.7 - -
9 4.5 - -
10 1.1 - 1.1
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U.S.Total 35.9 2.3 33.6
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