USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/15 11:10
01/15/2026 | 11:10 am CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 01/15 11:10
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Jan 15,2026
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Report for Sunday Dec 28,2025 thru Saturday Jan 03,2026 - 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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12/29/25 270 414 119709 3825 451897 12644
12/30/25 288 479 122188 2576 489228 10031
12/31/25 257 545 86809 2394 417128 7599
1/1/26 - 16 119 148 - 416
1/2/26 161 394 109029 1744 468756 6537
1/3/26 68 - 30477 16 392261 93
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Total 1044 1848 468331 10703 2219270 37320
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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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12/29/25 9215 16.4% 39823 10378 59119 82.7%
12/30/25 12343 17.1% 38242 8491 61895 82.0%
12/31/25 12775 24.1% 25713 8177 39198 74.8%
1/1/26 58 49.6% 23 1 37 50.4%
1/2/26 9878 13.8% 36269 5173 56837 85.4%
1/3/26 1279 8.7% 10703 1360 17087 91.2%
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Total 45548 16.9% 150773 33580 234173 82.2%
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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 1476
Dressed Weight 905 989 900 660 920
Meat Production 422.9
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 329
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 295
Dressed Weight 220 218 295 221
Meat Production 488.2
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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 63 58
Meat Production 2.2
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Total Meat Production 913.7
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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 1848
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Total 1848
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 234173 50.0
Heifers 150773 32.2
Dairy Cows 45548 9.7
Other Cows 33580 7.2
Bulls 4257 0.9
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Total 468331
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2171466 97.8
Sows 44260 2.0
Boars 3544 0.2
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Total 2219270
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2982 8.0
Lambs & Yearlings 34338 92.0
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Total 37320
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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 0.7
4 0.1
5 0.3
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
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U.S.Total 1.8
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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 0.2 0.1 0.1 - -
2 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.1 -
3 17.1 7.1 0.6 7.1 1.7 0.6
4 7.4 1.0 0.4 2.4 3.2 0.4
5 45.0 23.6 - 10.7 5.1 -
6 79.4 33.2 28.8 5.9 9.8 1.8
7 212.5 117.9 - 2.2 8.4 -
8 53.1 29.8 - 0.5 2.2 -
9 24.7 10.6 3.0 9.9 1.2 0.1
10 27.1 10.4 8.1 6.5 1.9 0.2
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U.S.Total 468.3 234.2 150.8 45.5 33.6 4.3
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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 2.3 2.3 - -
3 52.7 52.7 - -
4 - - 14.9 -
5 660.5 643.5 15.9 1.1
6 84.9 84.9 - -
7 1011.4 996.3 13.4 1.7
8 - - - -
9 14.6 14.6 - -
10 3.7 3.7 - -
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U.S.Total 2219.3 2171.5 44.3 3.5
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.9 - 0.9
2 5.9 0.9 5.0
3 3.0 0.3 2.7
4 3.3 0.2 3.1
5 6.3 0.3 6.0
6 4.1 0.4 3.7
7 0.5 - -
8 8.7 - -
9 4.1 0.5 3.6
10 0.6 - 0.6
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U.S.Total 37.3 3.0 34.3
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