USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/02 11:10
01/02/2026 | 11:10 am CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/02 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Friday Jan 02,2026
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Report for Sunday Dec 14,2025 thru Saturday Dec 20,2025 - 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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12/15/25 339 519 109575 3362 483074 10809
12/16/25 259 413 120254 2201 491145 8997
12/17/25 307 455 119694 1840 497611 8453
12/18/25 342 345 121593 2799 486957 8381
12/19/25 203 397 107287 2356 470565 4999
12/20/25 55 - 7198 92 279403 200
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Total 1505 2129 585601 12650 2708755 41839
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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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12/15/25 9598 17.3% 33619 9339 55711 81.5%
12/16/25 11475 18.0% 37453 10221 59331 80.5%
12/17/25 11467 16.4% 37520 8171 60640 82.0%
12/18/25 11408 17.0% 39650 9269 59588 81.6%
12/19/25 12083 17.8% 31653 7027 55030 80.8%
12/20/25 814 27.1% 470 1140 4706 71.9%
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Total 56845 17.4% 180365 45167 295006 81.2%
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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 1463
Dressed Weight 893 982 889 642 899
Meat Production 522.0
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 331
Dressed Weight 195
Meat Production 0.4
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 216 297 241
Meat Production 589.9
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 114
Dressed Weight 58 64 57
Meat Production 2.4
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Total Meat Production 1114.7
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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 2129
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Total 2129
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 295006 50.4
Heifers 180365 30.8
Dairy Cows 56845 9.7
Other Cows 45167 7.7
Bulls 8218 1.4
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Total 585601
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2636350 97.3
Sows 67567 2.5
Boars 4838 0.2
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Total 2708755
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2993 7.2
Lambs & Yearlings 38846 92.8
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Total 41839
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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 0.6
3 0.9
4 -
5 0.2
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
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U.S.Total 2.1
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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 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 -
2 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.1
3 20.2 8.1 0.9 8.1 1.9 1.1
4 13.7 1.4 0.5 3.0 7.5 1.3
5 57.1 27.3 - 13.4 6.9 -
6 98.6 40.9 34.6 8.5 12.4 2.2
7 265.2 153.8 - 3.1 9.8 -
8 61.8 36.3 - 0.5 2.2 -
9 32.5 12.7 5.4 12.2 1.8 0.3
10 34.3 13.6 10.6 7.3 2.4 0.3
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U.S.Total 585.6 295.0 180.4 56.8 45.2 8.2
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.5 0.5 - -
2 4.3 4.2 - -
3 79.1 79.1 - -
4 - - 23.8 -
5 816.6 792.4 23.1 1.1
6 108.8 108.8 - -
7 1228.6 1205.1 20.6 2.9
8 - - - -
9 22.9 22.9 - -
10 5.2 5.2 - -
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U.S.Total 2708.8 2636.4 67.6 4.8
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 1.3 - 1.3
2 6.8 1.0 5.8
3 3.7 0.2 3.6
4 3.4 0.3 3.1
5 7.7 0.6 7.2
6 3.8 0.2 3.6
7 0.4 - -
8 8.9 - -
9 4.5 0.6 4.0
10 1.3 - 1.2
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U.S.Total 41.8 3.0 38.8
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