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USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 08/21 11:05

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
                                                            Thursday Aug 21,2025
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Report for Sunday Aug 03,2025 thru Saturday Aug 09,2025 - 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 
                        ------   ------   ------    -----   ------    ----- 
8/4/25                     272      514   101616     2832   427194    10247 
8/5/25                     275      378   116069     1853   481455     7350 
8/6/25                     292      392   114847     1446   467997     5944 
8/7/25                     268      385   116752     1895   459523     7033 
8/8/25                     148      530    86697     1529   469854     4312 
8/9/25                       -        -      830      137    51554      193 
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  Total                   1255     2199   536811     9692  2357577    35079 

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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
                         -----  -----------          -----            -------
                         Cows  % of Cattle Heifers   Cows    Steers  % of Cattle
                         ----  ----------- -------   ----    ------  -----------
8/4/25                    7415    15.5%    28950     8305    54711    82.3% 
8/5/25                   10297    16.1%    38384     8437    57088    82.3% 
8/6/25                   10743    15.3%    39594     6870    55850    83.1% 
8/7/25                   10706    16.4%    35857     8397    60195    82.3% 
8/8/25                   11756    20.5%    24237     6030    43005    77.6% 
8/9/25                     144    84.2%       15      555       51     8.0% 
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  Total                  51061    16.7%   167037    38594   270900    81.6% 

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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
 ------   ------   -------    ----    -----
Live Weight               1414 
Dressed Weight             866      939      856      651      928 
Meat Production          463.6 

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Calves/Veal
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                         Calves
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Live Weight                361 
Dressed Weight             214 
Meat Production            0.5 

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Pork
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                          Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows    Boars
  ---- ------------- ----    -----
Live Weight                280 
Dressed Weight             209      207      299      222 
Meat Production          492.4 

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Lamb/Mutton
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                         Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
 ----- ------------ ---------------
Live Weight                113 
Dressed Weight              58       64       58 
Meat Production            2.0 

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Total Meat Production    958.5 

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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  
                        ----    ----------  
Calves                  2199          
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Total                   2199          

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Cattle
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
Steers                270900     50.5 
Heifers               167037     31.1 
Dairy Cows             51061      9.5 
Other Cows             38594      7.2 
Bulls                   9219      1.7 
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Total                 536811          

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Hogs
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
Barrows & Gilts      2297912     97.5 
Sows                   54751      2.3 
Boars                   4914      0.2 
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Total                2357577          

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Sheep
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                        Head    % of Total  
                        ----    ----------  
Mature Sheep            2589      7.4 
Lambs & Yearlings      32490     92.6 
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Total                  35079          


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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                          1.0 
4                            - 
5                          0.4 
6                            - 
7                            - 
8                            - 
9                            - 
10                           - 
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U.S.Total                  2.2 

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Cattle
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Standard Federal Regions Total   Steers  Heifers Dairy Cows Other Cows Bulls
------------------------ -----   ------  ------- ---------- ---------- -----
1                          0.5      0.2      0.1      0.1        -      0.1 
2                          1.6      0.5      0.4      0.5      0.1        - 
3                         20.2      8.6      1.1      7.3      1.9      1.3 
4                         11.8      1.2      0.5      2.9      6.0      1.1 
5                         52.2     24.6        -     14.6      4.3        - 
6                         96.7     41.4     33.8      8.3     10.7      2.4 
7                        232.9    130.0        -      2.5      9.6        - 
8                         62.6     37.0        -      0.6      2.2        - 
9                         26.1     11.9      4.8      8.1      1.0      0.2 
10                        32.3     15.5      7.2      6.2      2.8      0.6 
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U.S.Total                536.8    270.9    167.0     51.1     38.6      9.2 

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Hogs
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Standard Federal Regions Total Barrows/Gilts Sows    Boars
------------------------ ----- ------------- ----    -----
1                          0.5      0.5        -        - 
2                          2.5      2.5        -        - 
3                         65.4     65.4        -        - 
4                            -        -     18.4        - 
5                        716.6    695.8     19.4      1.3 
6                        118.4    118.4        -        - 
7                       1025.6   1006.2     16.8      2.6 
8                            -        -        -        - 
9                         19.8     19.8        -        - 
10                         4.4      4.4        -        - 
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U.S.Total               2357.6   2297.9     54.8      4.9 

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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total  Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
------------------------ -----  ------ ----- ---------------
1                          0.9        -      0.9 
2                          4.8      0.7      4.1 
3                          3.1      0.1      3.0 
4                          3.2      0.2      3.0 
5                          6.8      0.4      6.4 
6                          3.1      0.2      2.9 
7                          0.4        -        - 
8                          7.0        -        - 
9                          4.6      0.7      3.9 
10                         1.2        -      1.2 
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U.S.Total                 35.1      2.6     32.5 

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