The invention relates to a cattle killing machine, and belongs to slaughtering equipment. The cattle killing machine comprises a prisoner tube mechanism, a front push plate, a rear push plate, a cattle rump drive mechanism, a stranglehold mechanism, a cattle head turnover mechanism, a post-slaughter cattle ejecting mechanism, a cavity door start-stop mechanism and a power drive mechanism, wherein the prisoner tube mechanism comprises first and second bases, first and second beams, a top plate, a bottom plate, a left rotary disk, a right rotary disk and a cattle containing groove; one end of the lower part of the front push plate is arranged on the left rotary disk, and the other end of the lower part of the front plate is arranged on the right rotary disk; one end of the lower part of the rear push plate is connected with the left rotary disk, and the other end of the lower part of the rear push plate is connected with the right rotary disk; the cattle rump drive mechanism is arranged on a wall body on one side of the front push plate, and the stranglehold mechanism is arranged on the center position of the first base; the cattle head turnover mechanism is arranged on the stranglehold mechanism, and the post-slaughter cattle ejecting mechanism is arranged on the upper part of one side of the front push plate; the cavity door start-stop mechanism is arranged on the right rotary disk; and the power drive mechanism is arranged on one side of the first base or the second base, the two ends of the first beam are respectively provided with a rear push plate acting cylinder, and the two ends of the second beam are respectively provided with a front push plate action cylinder. The cattle killing machine provided by the invention has a simplified structure, the prisoner tube mechanism is avoided being damaged, and the balance property of a neck clamping force is good.