The Department of Agriculture's NAICS 311611 (Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering) market: incumbents, spending trend, set-asides and open solicitations — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov notices.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 19 | $95.3M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 32 | $81.5M | -14% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 29 | $116.1M | +42% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 87 | $341.3M | +194% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO., INC. | $107.4M | 16.9% |
| 2 | CAVINESS BEEF PACKERS, LIMITED | $86.1M | 13.6% |
| 3 | CHERRY MEAT PACKERS, INC | $69.0M | 10.9% |
| 4 | AMERICAN BEEF PACKERS, INC. | $53.3M | 8.4% |
| 5 | SCHENK PACKING CO., INC. | $44.8M | 7.1% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $315.5M | 51.2% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $300.8M | 48.8% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 97% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
No open solicitations right now. New notices post daily — get an alert when one does.
Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.