Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released December 23, 2025, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Commercial Red Meat Production Down 7 Percent from Last Year November 2024 contained 21 weekdays (including 2 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. November 2025 contained 20 weekdays (including 2 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.26 billion pounds in November, down 7 percent from the 4.56 billion pounds produced in November 2024. Beef production, at 2.02 billion pounds, was 9 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.27 million head, down 11 percent from November 2024. The average live weight was up 32 pounds from the previous year, at 1,457 pounds. Veal production totaled 1.8 million pounds, 40 percent below November a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 9,000 head, down 42 percent from November 2024. The average live weight was up 16 pounds from last year, at 354 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.23 billion pounds, down 4 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.3 million head, down 5 percent from November 2024. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from the previous year, at 292 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 9.8 million pounds, was down 6 percent from November 2024. Sheep slaughter totaled 175,100 head, 1 percent above last year. The average live weight was 110 pounds, down 8 pounds from November a year ago. January to November 2025 commercial red meat production was 48.9 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 2024. Accumulated beef production was down 4 percent from last year, veal was down 39 percent, pork was down 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up slightly. This page intentionally left blank. Contents Commercial Red Meat Production - United States.......................................... 4 Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States................................. 4 Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States............................. 5 Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States............................... 6 Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: November 2024 and 2025.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: November 2024 and 2025............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: November 2024 and 2025............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: November 2024 and 2025.. 10 Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States................. 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States........... 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: November 2025................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to November 2025..... 13 Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States..... 13 Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates............................ 14 Statistical Methodology................................................................. 15 Information Contacts.................................................................... 16 Commercial Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :November 2025 as % of : January to November : November : October : November :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : November : October : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,216.0 2,326.7 2,021.0 91 87 24,782.8 23,702.5 96 Veal .............: 3.1 2.0 1.8 60 92 37.1 22.8 61 Pork .............: 2,334.3 2,552.8 2,231.6 96 87 25,459.9 25,060.8 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.4 10.7 9.8 94 91 121.8 122.0 100 : Total red meat ...: 4,563.8 4,892.2 4,264.2 93 87 50,401.6 48,908.1 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :November 2025 as % of : January to November : November : October : November :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : November : October : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,185.0 2,292.1 1,991.4 91 87 24,416.4 23,346.8 96 Veal .............: 3.0 1.9 1.7 58 90 35.6 21.6 61 Pork .............: 2,325.7 2,542.4 2,224.0 96 87 25,352.0 24,960.2 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.2 9.5 8.7 94 91 108.0 108.1 100 : Total red meat ...: 4,522.9 4,845.9 4,225.8 93 87 49,912.0 48,436.7 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : November : January to November : November : October : November : 2025 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : of 2024 : : : 2025 as % : : : : : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,523.1 2,584.8 2,233.5 89 28,762.1 26,715.3 93 Other ................1,000: 44.1 47.8 40.7 92 526.6 497.5 94 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,567.2 2,632.6 2,274.3 89 29,288.7 27,212.8 93 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,428 1,451 1,461 102 1,399 1,433 102 Other ...............pounds: 1,228 1,256 1,255 102 1,220 1,241 102 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,425 1,448 1,457 102 1,396 1,429 102 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 14.9 9.2 8.4 57 188.2 107.7 57 Other ................1,000: 0.7 0.4 0.6 78 7.6 5.7 75 Commercial ...........1,000: 15.6 9.6 9.0 58 195.8 113.4 58 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 336 356 351 104 320 341 107 Other ...............pounds: 374 401 398 106 381 398 104 Commercial ..........pounds: 338 358 354 105 323 344 107 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,798.3 11,773.4 10,220.3 95 118,352.6 116,149.9 98 Other ................1,000: 45.3 53.6 39.0 86 568.1 525.4 92 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,843.6 11,827.0 10,259.3 95 118,920.7 116,675.4 98 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 289 290 292 101 288 288 100 Other ...............pounds: 259 267 267 103 261 263 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 289 290 292 101 288 288 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 150.2 169.0 152.0 101 1,739.7 1,766.1 102 Other ................1,000: 23.9 24.5 23.1 97 265.5 274.4 103 Commercial ...........1,000: 174.0 193.5 175.1 101 2,005.2 2,040.4 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 120 110 112 93 122 120 99 Other ...............pounds: 101 99 97 97 102 100 98 Commercial ..........pounds: 118 109 110 94 119 118 99 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 46.9 50.5 44.0 94 513.0 483.0 94 Other ................1,000: 10.0 10.0 9.7 97 104.9 100.1 95 Commercial ...........1,000: 56.9 60.4 53.7 94 617.9 583.1 94 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 64 64 100 64 64 101 Other ...............pounds: 88 83 79 90 83 82 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 67 67 98 67 67 101 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 5.6 5.4 5.2 93 70.9 57.6 81 Other ................1,000: 0.3 0.3 0.4 112 3.1 3.0 98 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.9 5.8 5.6 94 73.9 60.6 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : November : October : November :November 2025 as : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : % of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 0.9 1.3 1.0 113 Alaska ................: 0.1 0.1 (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 40.4 40.9 33.0 82 Arkansas ..............: 0.5 0.6 0.4 89 California ............: 90.6 88.9 76.3 84 Colorado ..............: 168.1 169.1 165.9 99 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.3 2.0 1.8 77 Florida ...............: 6.4 5.3 4.3 66 Georgia ...............: 6.9 10.0 8.3 119 Hawaii ................: 0.7 0.8 0.6 94 : Idaho .................: 46.6 54.1 45.2 97 Illinois ..............: 278.5 298.9 264.7 95 Indiana ...............: 176.4 188.0 169.3 96 Iowa ..................: 768.3 838.1 724.1 94 Kansas ................: 470.0 497.1 423.9 90 Kentucky ..............: 51.7 58.2 51.5 100 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.4 0.3 81 Michigan ..............: 128.7 145.4 132.3 103 Minnesota .............: 234.8 252.7 224.2 96 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.9 0.8 95 : Missouri ..............: 166.9 206.9 174.8 105 Montana ...............: 1.8 2.2 2.0 112 Nebraska ..............: 681.3 727.0 626.0 92 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 92 New England 1/ ........: 2.8 3.2 2.5 91 New Jersey ............: 3.9 4.7 4.4 112 New Mexico ............: 0.3 0.4 0.4 106 New York ..............: 2.6 3.0 2.5 97 North Carolina ........: 216.0 239.2 213.4 99 North Dakota ..........: 0.6 0.7 0.8 137 : Ohio ..................: 25.0 26.8 23.8 95 Oklahoma ..............: 117.3 93.7 90.6 77 Oregon ................: 2.4 2.6 2.1 89 Pennsylvania ..........: 125.6 138.3 116.7 93 South Carolina ........: 16.6 14.6 12.3 74 South Dakota ..........: 126.6 135.4 115.6 91 Tennessee .............: 25.8 30.1 25.0 97 Texas .................: 357.6 376.5 317.2 89 Utah ..................: 46.9 52.4 47.5 101 Virginia ..............: 1.2 1.3 1.1 89 : Washington ............: 73.8 82.1 69.0 93 West Virginia .........: 1.1 1.0 0.9 75 Wisconsin .............: 93.9 96.5 86.9 93 Wyoming ...............: 0.8 0.8 0.7 90 : United States .........: 4,563.8 4,892.2 4,264.2 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: November 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 0.7 0.6 817 714 1,095 1,152 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 92 66 1,165 1,120 Arizona ..........: 44.5 (D) 65,111 (D) 1,466 (D) Arkansas .........: 0.6 0.5 714 603 1,100 1,121 California .......: 97.5 78.6 133,639 110,937 1,380 1,419 Colorado .........: 178.9 172.6 265,373 260,281 1,485 1,510 Delaware-Maryland : 2.3 1.7 3,159 2,292 1,373 1,377 Florida ..........: 9.8 (D) 12,767 (D) 1,313 (D) Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.9 0.9 1,121 1,051 1,199 1,202 : Idaho ............: (D) 54.1 (D) 74,680 (D) 1,389 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 7.4 8.1 8,575 9,967 1,175 1,245 Iowa .............: 48.3 43.2 69,009 63,406 1,430 1,467 Kansas ...........: 506.7 436.5 729,890 651,431 1,441 1,493 Kentucky .........: 6.4 6.2 7,560 7,342 1,190 1,195 Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.4 461 363 982 1,000 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.5 0.4 525 421 972 1,040 : Missouri .........: 2.6 17.4 3,160 22,889 1,209 1,325 Montana ..........: 2.1 2.3 2,576 2,832 1,211 1,223 Nebraska .........: 568.2 505.5 856,527 774,213 1,509 1,533 Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 86 (D) 1,137 (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.0 2.6 3,600 3,129 1,209 1,219 New Jersey .......: 4.3 4.5 4,876 5,212 1,146 1,169 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 486 485 1,059 1,050 New York .........: 2.6 2.5 3,327 3,125 1,265 1,229 North Carolina ...: 5.6 (D) 6,979 (D) 1,246 (D) North Dakota .....: 0.7 0.9 863 1,188 1,323 1,373 : Ohio .............: 6.6 6.2 8,741 8,237 1,326 1,333 Oklahoma .........: 7.2 7.6 8,446 9,336 1,192 1,246 Oregon ...........: 1.4 1.2 1,757 1,477 1,237 1,239 Pennsylvania .....: 84.6 74.4 110,715 99,954 1,314 1,347 South Carolina ...: 24.3 17.9 32,467 23,773 1,343 1,334 South Dakota .....: 43.0 28.2 63,148 44,967 1,474 1,598 Tennessee ........: 3.4 3.3 3,344 3,241 998 1,011 Texas ............: 435.7 372.5 586,870 515,549 1,350 1,388 Utah .............: 50.5 (D) 73,190 (D) 1,450 (D) Virginia .........: 1.5 1.2 1,550 1,397 1,049 1,151 : Washington .......: 82.7 73.7 119,214 110,317 1,446 1,501 West Virginia ....: 1.4 1.0 1,656 1,150 1,153 1,142 Wisconsin ........: 103.6 94.6 144,502 132,000 1,402 1,402 Wyoming ..........: 1.0 0.9 1,244 1,116 1,223 1,258 : United States ....: 2,567.2 2,274.3 3,650,661 3,306,563 1,425 1,457 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: November 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Arizona ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arkansas .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) California .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: (D) 0.1 (D) 53 (D) 393 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 29 36 426 442 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.2 0.3 62 105 413 414 Indiana ..........: 0.5 (D) 196 (D) 424 (D) Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Mississippi ......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) : Missouri .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.1 0.1 34 30 234 257 New Jersey .......: 1.2 1.5 455 582 383 386 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Carolina ...: 0.2 0.1 51 25 335 376 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 2.7 (D) 1,009 (D) 379 (D) Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 6.1 3.3 2,664 1,362 437 414 South Carolina ...: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Texas ............: 0.1 0.1 58 54 481 483 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 15.6 9.0 5,230 3,153 338 354 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: November 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.6 2.0 650 891 417 445 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 17 (X) 282 Arkansas .........: 0.3 0.3 79 85 270 271 California .......: 83.5 76.6 19,598 17,647 235 231 Colorado .........: 2.3 2.0 396 341 172 169 Delaware-Maryland : 1.7 1.7 495 507 286 292 Florida ..........: 5.3 4.0 657 478 124 120 Georgia ..........: 4.9 4.4 1,296 1,228 265 280 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 44 34 299 247 : Idaho ............: 11.3 13.1 2,905 3,373 257 257 Illinois .........: 1,007.6 968.5 289,543 278,487 287 288 Indiana ..........: 791.6 752.5 228,887 217,949 289 290 Iowa .............: 3,396.4 3,151.2 979,221 922,901 288 293 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.2 62 45 203 266 Michigan .........: 406.8 415.0 120,070 123,413 295 297 Minnesota ........: 982.7 950.0 275,603 272,019 281 286 Mississippi ......: 3.8 3.8 654 676 173 178 : Missouri .........: 747.8 734.8 220,467 217,931 295 297 Montana ..........: 1.2 1.3 323 378 279 283 Nebraska .........: 688.8 644.8 199,957 188,398 290 292 Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 2.3 2.4 663 679 294 284 New Jersey .......: 8.8 9.0 864 912 98 101 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.1 50 33 261 261 New York .........: 1.7 1.7 429 400 248 241 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.4 85 105 281 279 : Ohio .............: 86.8 82.3 25,534 24,983 294 304 Oklahoma .........: 516.1 400.7 147,886 113,128 287 282 Oregon ...........: 5.4 5.1 1,386 1,301 257 257 Pennsylvania .....: 275.5 264.6 78,148 75,390 284 285 South Carolina ...: 2.3 2.5 520 569 229 230 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 79.4 75.4 35,777 34,991 451 465 Texas ............: 24.7 22.1 4,667 4,085 189 185 Utah .............: 1.6 1.7 407 373 253 219 Virginia .........: 1.1 1.0 356 320 316 322 : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: 0.6 0.6 198 155 309 275 Wisconsin ........: 59.5 55.3 24,560 23,861 413 433 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 61 69 288 280 : United States ....: 10,843.6 10,259.3 3,135,756 2,997,334 289 292 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: November 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 0.1 0.1 6 5 93 90 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.8 0.7 82 79 108 110 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 11 7 85 113 California .......: 21.5 17.9 3,059 2,389 142 133 Colorado .........: 30.3 33.9 4,684 4,919 155 145 Delaware-Maryland : 1.5 1.3 145 117 96 93 Florida ..........: 2.7 2.7 146 136 53 51 Georgia ..........: (D) 3.0 (D) 181 (D) 60 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 6 9 104 114 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.2 29 30 136 142 Illinois .........: 5.9 6.4 507 546 86 86 Indiana ..........: 5.9 5.4 624 546 105 102 Iowa .............: 0.3 0.2 30 23 112 113 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.3 39 27 109 105 Kentucky .........: 0.8 0.6 82 68 104 106 Louisiana ........: 0.8 0.6 48 37 60 60 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.6 0.7 48 56 82 82 Mississippi ......: 0.2 0.2 11 13 66 78 : Missouri .........: 1.4 1.5 111 111 78 75 Montana ..........: 0.4 0.4 55 54 134 133 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 4.7 4.4 460 412 97 94 New Jersey .......: 13.2 15.9 1,090 1,378 82 87 New Mexico .......: 0.4 0.6 48 80 132 136 New York .........: 5.8 7.1 571 718 99 101 North Carolina ...: 5.2 7.5 335 463 64 61 North Dakota .....: 0.1 (Y) 16 (X) 126 (X) : Ohio .............: 5.6 4.3 898 632 159 148 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.3 4.3 644 604 148 140 Pennsylvania .....: 11.4 9.4 1,114 953 98 101 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 28 23 115 120 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 23.8 20.2 2,552 1,632 107 81 Utah .............: 1.3 1.2 167 150 132 129 Virginia .........: 1.1 0.9 91 64 80 75 : Washington .......: 1.3 1.3 169 170 135 134 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.1 0.9 134 91 118 99 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 23 25 133 160 : United States ....: 174.0 175.1 20,470 19,274 118 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : January to November : : : : January to November Class : November : October : November :-----------------------: November : October : November :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head --------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,204.3 1,284.2 1,096.2 13,990.2 13,286.1 47.7 49.7 49.1 48.6 49.7 Heifers ..........: 831.4 797.9 705.5 9,174.5 8,468.4 33.0 30.9 31.6 31.9 31.7 All cows .........: 446.7 458.1 394.2 5,140.3 4,548.4 17.7 17.7 17.6 17.9 17.0 Dairy cows .......: 210.3 243.0 204.1 2,501.0 2,393.0 8.3 9.4 9.1 8.7 9.0 Other cows .......: 236.4 215.2 190.1 2,639.3 2,155.4 9.4 8.3 8.5 9.2 8.1 Bulls ............: 40.7 44.6 37.7 457.1 412.4 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 : Total ............: 2,523.1 2,584.8 2,233.5 28,762.1 26,715.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 14.9 9.2 8.4 188.2 107.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,538.3 11,490.6 9,990.7 115,189.5 113,207.8 97.6 97.6 97.8 97.3 97.5 Sows .............: 239.3 261.3 212.9 2,897.1 2,713.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.3 Boars ............: 20.7 21.6 16.7 266.0 228.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,798.3 11,773.4 10,220.3 118,352.6 116,149.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 9.4 11.5 10.3 117.1 117.1 6.3 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.6 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 140.7 157.5 141.7 1,622.6 1,648.9 93.7 93.2 93.2 93.3 93.4 : Total ............: 150.2 169.0 152.0 1,739.7 1,766.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to November Class : November : October : November :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 868 889 894 851 876 Steers 1/ ...............: 956 978 984 929 953 Heifers 1/ ..............: 866 884 891 846 869 All cows 1/ .............: 631 645 642 640 658 Bulls 1/ ................: 889 906 905 900 917 : Calves and vealers ... : 200 209 206 190 202 : Hogs ................. : 215 216 218 214 215 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 214 214 216 212 213 Sows 2/ .................: 298 302 301 298 300 Boars 2/ ................: 223 240 239 223 229 : Sheep ................ : 61 56 57 62 61 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 63 65 64 64 65 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 61 56 57 62 61 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Included in cattle average dressed weight. 2/ Included in hog average dressed weight. 3/ Included in sheep average dressed weight. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: November 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.3 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 2 ............: 7.0 2.1 2.1 2.5 1.8 0.7 0.3 2.1 3 ............: 76.0 31.2 5.0 35.1 27.2 8.0 4.7 3.4 4 ............: 52.4 5.4 1.9 39.9 10.8 29.1 5.3 0.2 5 ............: 231.2 113.1 (D) 80.8 54.7 26.1 (D) 1.6 6 ............: 375.1 153.3 129.6 83.8 28.9 54.9 8.4 (D) 7 ............: 995.6 561.8 (D) 48.9 11.7 37.2 (D) 0.1 8 ............: 249.4 136.4 (D) 12.5 2.0 10.6 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 116.2 45.0 18.4 51.4 42.0 9.4 1.4 (D) 10 ...........: 128.3 46.9 40.9 38.9 25.0 13.9 1.7 (D) : United States :2,233.5 1,096.2 705.5 394.2 204.1 190.1 37.7 8.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.2 2.2 (Y) (Y) 4.3 0.1 4.2 2 ............: 10.6 10.6 (Y) (Y) 22.4 2.8 19.5 3 ............: 266.2 266.1 0.2 (Y) 12.4 0.7 11.7 4 ............: (D) (D) 76.8 (D) 12.9 0.9 12.0 5 ............: 3,207.5 3,128.5 74.2 4.8 27.0 1.5 25.5 6 ............: 419.9 419.8 0.1 0.1 14.8 0.9 13.8 7 ............: 4,545.1 4,475.0 61.4 8.6 1.6 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.2 (D) 34.8 (D) (D) 9 ............: 74.6 74.6 (Y) (Y) 17.1 2.4 14.8 10 ...........: 19.4 19.4 (Y) (Y) 4.6 0.2 4.5 : United States :10,220.3 9,990.7 212.9 16.7 152.0 10.3 141.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to November 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 27.6 11.4 7.6 6.2 4.0 2.3 2.3 1.1 2 ............: 78.8 24.7 22.2 28.8 22.0 6.8 3.1 24.9 3 ............: 974.4 376.0 82.7 451.5 342.5 109.0 64.2 48.7 4 ............: 609.5 58.8 25.1 462.4 132.2 330.2 63.2 2.5 5 ............: 2,650.3 1,321.6 (D) 923.8 631.4 292.4 (D) 16.6 6 ............: 4,670.9 2,029.9 1,606.1 935.0 335.5 599.4 99.8 (D) 7 ............:11,775.1 6,631.1 (D) 537.7 90.3 447.4 (D) 0.5 8 ............: 2,969.9 1,638.0 (D) 175.3 40.1 135.2 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 1,414.3 613.7 229.2 556.5 482.6 73.9 14.9 (D) 10 ...........: 1,544.5 580.8 469.6 471.3 312.3 158.9 22.8 (D) : United States :26,715.3 13,286.1 8,468.4 4,548.4 2,393.0 2,155.4 412.4 107.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 22.4 22.0 0.2 0.1 50.9 2.1 48.7 2 ............: 115.5 114.8 0.5 0.1 234.6 25.7 208.9 3 ............: 3,095.1 3,092.8 2.0 0.3 155.6 14.0 141.6 4 ............: (D) (D) 877.1 (D) 150.6 10.8 139.8 5 ............: 35,670.9 34,592.7 1,019.6 58.6 317.0 17.1 299.9 6 ............: 5,269.2 5,267.2 1.1 0.9 183.6 9.5 174.1 7 ............: 51,526.8 50,593.4 810.9 122.5 20.3 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 1.4 (D) 381.9 (D) (D) 9 ............: 874.2 873.6 0.4 0.1 217.3 27.5 189.7 10 ...........: 207.2 206.9 0.3 0.1 54.4 1.9 52.5 : United States :116,149.9 113,207.8 2,713.4 228.7 1,766.1 117.1 1,648.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to November Species : November : October : November :------------------------ : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.3 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.2 Calves .......: 95.5 95.6 93.8 96.1 95.0 Hogs .........: 99.6 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 86.3 87.3 86.8 86.8 86.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole animal, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Commercial Production: Includes slaughter and meat production in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. Based on packers' dressed weights. Custom-Exempt Plants: Plants that do not sell meat but operate on a custom basis only are custom-exempt. The animals and meat are not inspected, but the facilities must meet health standards. These are considered NFI plants and head kill is included in NFI totals. Dressed Weight: The weight of a chilled animal carcass. Beef with kidney knob in; veal with hide off; lamb and mutton with pluck out; pork with leaf fat and kidneys out, jowls on and head off. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live animal on hoof. For example, a live hog that weighed 200 pounds on hoof and yielded a carcass weighing 140 pounds would have a dressing percentage of 70. Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Any state whose commercial plants operate entirely under federal inspection may still have custom-exempt establishments for which NFI estimates are made. Food and Meat Inspection: Includes examination, checking, or testing of a carcass and/or meat against established government standards and involves checking the facility for cleanliness, health of animals, or parts of animals and quality of the meat produced. Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) Plants: Plants which sell and transport only intrastate. State inspectors assure compliance with individual state standards for these NFI plants. Mobile slaughtering units are excluded and are considered farm slaughter. Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and butchered. Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter excluding condemnation and is comprised of beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. The FI red meat production is equal to the total carcass weight after slaughter. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food. Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates appear only in the annual slaughter release. Talmedge-Aiken (TA) Plants: Slaughter plants in which USDA is responsible for inspection. However, federal inspection is carried out by State employees. These plants are considered to be federally inspected. Total Live Weight: The total weight of live animals, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for sale in the United States must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards. Statistical Methodology Data Sources: Primary data for the Livestock Slaughter publication are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State-administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. There are approximately 1,100 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and about 1,825 Non-Federally Inspected (State-inspected or custom-exempt) slaughter plants. Slaughter from State- inspected Talmedge-Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Terms and Definitions, page 14). To prevent duplication in reporting between FI and NFI plants and assure all FI plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are constantly monitored. Revision Policy: Number of head slaughtered, live weights, and dressed weights are subject to revision the following month after the monthly release. Annual totals are published in the slaughter summary each April which includes any revisions made to current and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports received from slaughter plants and are usually less than one-half of one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after the publication of the annual summary in April. Procedures and Reliability: The livestock slaughter data is obtained electronically on a daily basis and summarized approximately two weeks after the week of slaughter. A computer program compares each plant's data with the historical data for that plant. Data are checked for unusual values for head kill, patterns of kill, average weights, and dressing percent, based on each plant's past operating profile. In addition, the computer program provides a listing of missing reports for follow-up contact with FSIS. Average live and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous weeks as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species reported. The FSIS District Veterinary Medical Specialists (DVMS) are contacted by e- mail or telephone for missing or potentially erroneous slaughter data. This assures that plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species are accounted for each week. Any corrections FSIS makes to the slaughter data are included in the summary. Computer imputation may be necessary for incomplete reports. The imputation of live and dressed weights is based on the current week reported data of plants of similar size and location. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for cattle and hogs is less than 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. If no data is received electronically or by other means, for plants slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species, data are imputed. The imputation of head for any plant is based on the historical data for that particular plant. The imputation of head slaughtered is rare but when necessary, the imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the United States head kill totals. FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and statistics are also available on the NASS website. NFI data are summarized monthly only. Livestock slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to non- sampling errors such as omissions, duplications and mistakes in reporting, recording and processing the data. These errors are minimized through rigid quality controls in the computer edit program and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. No data are published when an individual plant's data could be divulged. If not published, as indicated with a (D), these data are still included in United States and region totals. A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data. 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