USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/08 11:05
01/08/2026 | 11:05 am CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/08 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Jan 08,2026
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Report for Sunday Dec 21,2025 thru Saturday Dec 27,2025 - 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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12/22/25 422 584 121209 4420 499240 13388
12/23/25 285 550 122707 3316 485408 10144
12/24/25 154 595 49358 2698 183163 9007
12/25/25 - - - 99 - 88
12/26/25 134 352 100843 2053 466432 5925
12/27/25 - 23 31628 16 341962 67
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Total 995 2104 425745 12602 1976205 38619
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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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12/22/25 11435 17.8% 35863 10171 61737 80.5%
12/23/25 13160 17.8% 38834 8729 60450 80.9%
12/24/25 8568 31.1% 12703 6795 20307 66.9%
12/25/25
12/26/25 7654 13.0% 34850 5409 52309 86.4%
12/27/25 1677 12.5% 12818 2283 14518 86.4%
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Total 42494 17.8% 135068 33387 209321 80.9%
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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 1466
Dressed Weight 894 982 894 651 901
Meat Production 380.0
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 336
Dressed Weight 197
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 218 216 296 223
Meat Production 430.4
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 113
Dressed Weight 57 59 57
Meat Production 2.2
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Total Meat Production 813.0
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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 2104
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Total 2104
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 209321 49.2
Heifers 135068 31.7
Dairy Cows 42494 10.0
Other Cows 33387 7.8
Bulls 5475 1.3
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Total 425745
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 1940577 98.2
Sows 32360 1.6
Boars 3268 0.2
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Total 1976205
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2741 7.1
Lambs & Yearlings 35878 92.9
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Total 38619
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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 0.5
3 0.8
4 0.1
5 0.3
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 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 - 0.1
2 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1
3 15.1 5.9 1.2 5.7 1.5 0.8
4 7.7 0.9 0.3 2.3 3.7 0.7
5 42.4 21.0 - 10.5 5.4 -
6 72.8 30.7 25.2 6.2 9.4 1.4
7 192.8 108.6 - 2.6 7.2 -
8 47.7 25.7 - 0.3 2.4 -
9 20.3 6.5 3.7 8.9 1.2 0.2
10 24.9 9.3 7.0 5.7 2.5 0.4
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U.S.Total 425.7 209.3 135.1 42.5 33.4 5.5
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.2 0.2 - -
2 2.6 2.6 - -
3 50.6 50.6 - -
4 - - 10.0 -
5 591.5 578.7 12.0 0.8
6 85.2 85.1 - -
7 893.8 882.0 10.3 1.5
8 - - - -
9 15.7 15.7 - -
10 2.9 2.9 - -
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U.S.Total 1976.2 1940.6 32.4 3.3
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 1.1 0.1 1.0
2 6.7 1.0 5.7
3 2.6 0.1 2.5
4 3.8 0.2 3.6
5 6.7 0.4 6.4
6 3.8 0.3 3.5
7 0.4 - -
8 8.4 - -
9 4.2 0.5 3.7
10 0.8 - 0.8
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U.S.Total 38.6 2.7 35.9
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