# USDA Reports Weekly Slaughter, Boxed Beef and Poultry Data - News and Statistics - IndexBox

> USDA reports for the week beginning October 26 put total federally inspected slaughter at 2.608 million head, down 7,000 from the prior week. Cattle slaughter was 543,000 head, down 3,000, while the weekly Choice boxed-beef carcass price-equivalent index was 347.23, up 2.74.

- Date: 2026-11-05 · published 2026-11-06T03:07:02.207Z
- Category: report · region United States · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/83208-usda-reports-weekly-slaughter-boxed-beef-and-poultry-data-news-and-statistics
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Slightly lower slaughter can limit near-term meat availability, while the higher Choice value signals firmer boxed-beef pricing. The figures provide a modest supply-and-price signal for the U.S. cattle market rather than a major new driver.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-08-07 | [Beef Cutouts, Cattle Slaughter, and By-Product Prices – USDA Report (Aug 7, 2026) - News and Statistics - IndexBox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18005-beef-cutouts-cattle-slaughter-and-by-product-prices-usda-report-aug-7-2026-news.md) | -0.6% | -6.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-01-27 | [Live & Feeder Cattle Futures Up, December Placements Down 5.38% \| Market Report - News and Statistics - IndexBox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21198-live-and-feeder-cattle-futures-up-december-placements-down-5-38-market-report.md) | +1.5% | +4.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-10-15 | [USDA-FAS Report: China's Meat and Poultry Import Forecast, 2018 - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68445-usda-fas-report-china-s-meat-and-poultry-import-forecast-2018-farm-policy-news.md) | +0.2% | +9.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-02-24 | [Lower 2021 production on reduced slaughter and weights \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48766-lower-2021-production-on-reduced-slaughter-and-weights-ag-proud.md) | +1.6% | +1.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-03-29 | [Hog futures lower ahead of Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report from the USDA - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7630-hog-futures-lower-ahead-of-quarterly-hogs-and-pigs-report-from-the-usda.md) | -0.7% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- indexbox.io: https://www.indexbox.io/blog/usda-weekly-slaughter-boxed-beef-and-poultry-data-for-late-october-2026/

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