Reproductive status of 317 cows slaughtered at the Bamenda Municipal Slaughterhouse were assessed in order to highlight potential losses resulting from the slaughtering of fertile cows. The cows were inspected to determine their ages, their reproductive status and detect possible causes of infertility from the reproductive pathologies observed in the reproductive tract. Data were collected from April to ending July 2020 and analyzed using SPSS version 23.0. Of a sample of 1,979 animals slaughtered, 317 (16.02) were cows. About 91.79% of the cows slaughtered were below 9 years of age. Pregnant cows slaughtered showed the highest prevalence (63.50%) of the reproductive states, 26.66% were normal cycling cows, 7.36% were lactating and 2.45% of the cows showed signs of heat. The common reproductive pathologies observed were ovarian cysts (92.85%), metritis (3.57%) and pyometra (3.57%). An estimated net income of 100 964 US $ was found to be lost within a period of three months in a single abattoir due to the slaughter of pregnant cows. The high percentages of pregnant cows, under aged cows and fertile cows slaughtered at Bamenda city Abattoir within the study period caused high economic losses. This is due to the fact that, laws prohibiting the slaughter of such category of cows are not respected and hence the need for the government to reinforce her policies of ante mortem inspection by checking for physiological status in all cows before slaughtering in all national abattoirs to minimize economic losses. Cattle farmers, traders and butchers should be enlightened on the consequences of slaughtering pregnant and under age animals.