USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 02/19 11:05
02/19/2026 | 11:05 am CST USDA Actual Daily Slaughter 02/19 11:05
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
Thursday Feb 19,2026
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Report for Sunday Feb 01,2026 thru Saturday Feb 07,2026 - 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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2/2/26 158 454 108164 2785 442012 9877
2/3/26 270 363 115212 1795 475005 8532
2/4/26 319 320 114600 1426 490719 6647
2/5/26 181 289 113416 1756 483957 6944
2/6/26 176 391 87032 1756 486897 4852
2/7/26 - - 483 - 197859 10
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Total 1104 1817 538907 9518 2576449 36862
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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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2/2/26 9700 14.9% 33473 6423 57548 84.2%
2/3/26 12616 17.8% 37710 7917 55715 81.1%
2/4/26 12331 17.4% 37381 7640 56044 81.5%
2/5/26 12313 17.7% 39374 7771 52660 81.1%
2/6/26 13357 22.6% 23401 6289 42619 75.9%
2/7/26 207 93.4% 9 244 12 4.3%
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Total 60524 18.0% 171348 36284 264598 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 1468
Dressed Weight 895 981 887 668 928
Meat Production 481.2
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Calves/Veal
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Calves
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Live Weight 321
Dressed Weight 189
Meat Production 0.3
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Pork
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Hogs Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars
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Live Weight 292
Dressed Weight 218 216 294 207
Meat Production 561.1
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Lamb/Mutton
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Sheep Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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Live Weight 123
Dressed Weight 63 62 63
Meat Production 2.3
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Total Meat Production 1044.9
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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 1817
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Total 1817
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Cattle
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Head % of Total
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Steers 264598 49.1
Heifers 171348 31.8
Dairy Cows 60524 11.2
Other Cows 36284 6.7
Bulls 6153 1.1
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Total 538907
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Hogs
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Head % of Total
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Barrows & Gilts 2515608 97.6
Sows 55819 2.2
Boars 5022 0.2
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Total 2576449
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Sheep
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Head % of Total
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Mature Sheep 2737 7.4
Lambs & Yearlings 34125 92.6
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Total 36862
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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 0.4
3 -
4 -
5 -
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 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 - 0.1
2 1.7 0.5 - - - -
3 20.4 7.8 - 8.9 2.0 -
4 11.4 1.4 0.4 3.8 5.0 0.8
5 56.1 28.1 6.6 15.1 - -
6 84.7 35.9 31.5 8.2 7.3 1.8
7 238.1 132.3 91.8 - 10.1 -
8 61.7 31.4 27.3 - - -
9 31.5 11.7 4.5 12.5 2.5 0.3
10 32.9 15.4 7.6 7.9 1.7 0.3
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U.S.Total 538.9 264.6 171.3 60.5 36.3 6.2
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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 3.2 3.2 - -
3 - - - -
4 - - 18.3 -
5 790.8 767.3 22.2 1.3
6 115.7 115.7 - -
7 1164.8 1146.7 15.2 2.9
8 - - - -
9 20.5 20.5 - -
10 4.7 4.7 - -
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U.S.Total 2576.4 2515.6 55.8 5.0
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Sheep
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Standard Federal Regions Total Mature Sheep Lambs/Yearlings
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1 0.8 - 0.7
2 4.7 0.7 4.1
3 3.2 0.2 3.0
4 2.9 0.2 2.8
5 6.5 0.3 6.2
6 4.0 0.7 3.3
7 0.4 - 0.4
8 9.1 - -
9 4.3 - -
10 1.0 - 1.0
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U.S.Total 36.9 2.7 34.1
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