USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 02/12 11:05
02/12/2026 | 11:05 am CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 02/12 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Feb 12,2026
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Report for Sunday Jan 25,2026 thru Saturday Jan 31,2026 - 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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1/26/26 199 183 96441 1457 417884 6316
1/27/26 237 263 112133 1940 469084 8102
1/28/26 268 338 111530 1323 482781 6694
1/29/26 190 217 113160 1937 480305 7117
1/30/26 138 396 90801 1466 474106 5058
1/31/26 - - 2254 20 165911 35
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Total 1032 1397 526319 8143 2490071 33322
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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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1/26/26 6843 11.9% 35384 4613 49037 87.5%
1/27/26 10728 16.4% 37458 7676 55223 82.7%
1/28/26 11794 16.4% 37321 6461 54929 82.7%
1/29/26 12095 17.8% 36592 8040 55222 81.1%
1/30/26 12795 21.5% 25688 6701 44363 77.1%
1/31/26 422 48.3% 253 666 719 43.1%
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Total 54677 16.9% 172696 34157 259493 82.1%
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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 1471
Dressed Weight 899 981 887 677 942
Meat Production 472.2
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 315
Dressed Weight 185
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
---- ------------- ---- -----
Live Weight 293
Dressed Weight 218 217 297 209
Meat Production 543.9
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 125
Dressed Weight 64 66 63
Meat Production 2.1
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Total Meat Production 1018.4
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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 1397
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Total 1397
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 259493 49.3
Heifers 172696 32.8
Dairy Cows 54677 10.4
Other Cows 34157 6.5
Bulls 5296 1.0
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Total 526319
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2432661 97.7
Sows 52591 2.1
Boars 4819 0.2
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Total 2490071
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2046 6.1
Lambs & Yearlings 31276 93.9
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Total 33322
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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 1.4
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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 1.4 0.5 - - - -
3 14.6 5.6 - 5.8 1.8 -
4 9.3 0.8 0.4 2.9 4.5 0.7
5 52.7 25.9 6.1 14.1 - -
6 80.9 34.8 31.7 7.6 5.3 1.5
7 239.2 133.9 92.1 - 10.0 -
8 62.5 31.7 27.7 - - -
9 32.2 12.5 4.1 13.0 2.4 0.2
10 32.8 13.7 9.2 7.9 1.8 0.3
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U.S.Total 526.3 259.5 172.7 54.7 34.2 5.3
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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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1 0.4 0.3 - -
2 1.7 1.7 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 14.7 -
5 783.9 762.5 20.0 1.3
6 98.7 98.7 - -
7 1119.3 1098.9 17.8 2.6
8 - - - -
9 18.4 18.4 - -
10 5.1 5.0 - -
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U.S.Total 2490.1 2432.7 52.6 4.8
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.6 - 0.6
2 4.2 0.6 3.6
3 2.5 0.1 2.4
4 2.5 0.1 2.4
5 5.7 0.3 5.5
6 2.6 0.2 2.4
7 0.3 - 0.3
8 9.4 - -
9 4.3 - -
10 1.1 - 1.1
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U.S.Total 33.3 2.0 31.3
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