Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released January 22, 2026, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Pork Production at Record High for December December 2024 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. December 2025 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.83 billion pounds in December, up 6 percent from the 4.54 billion pounds produced in December 2024. Beef production, at 2.30 billion pounds, was 4 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.58 million head, up 2 percent from December 2024. The average live weight was up 32 pounds from the previous year, at 1,463 pounds. Veal production totaled 2.1 million pounds, 31 percent below December a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 11,000 head, down 32 percent from December 2024. The average live weight was up 6 pounds from last year, at 334 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.52 billion pounds, up 8 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 11.5 million head, up 7 percent from December 2024. The average live weight was up 2 pounds from the previous year, at 293 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.4 million pounds, was up 3 percent from December 2024. Sheep slaughter totaled 217,300 head, 7 percent above last year. The average live weight was 112 pounds, down 5 pounds from December a year ago. January to December 2025 commercial red meat production was 53.7 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2024. Accumulated beef production was down 4 percent from last year, veal was down 38 percent, pork was down 1 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: December 2024 and 2025.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: December 2024 and 2025............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: December 2024 and 2025............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: December 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: December 2025................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to December 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :December 2025 as % of : January to December : December : November : December :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : December : November : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,200.3 2,021.0 2,298.3 104 114 26,982.5 26,000.8 96 Veal .............: 3.1 1.8 2.1 69 116 40.2 24.9 62 Pork .............: 2,329.0 2,231.6 2,516.4 108 113 27,788.9 27,577.2 99 Lamb and mutton ..: 12.1 9.8 12.4 103 127 133.9 134.5 100 : Total red meat ...: 4,544.5 4,264.3 4,829.3 106 113 54,945.5 53,737.4 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :December 2025 as % of : January to December : December : November : December :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : December : November : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,168.6 1,991.5 2,267.3 105 114 26,584.9 25,614.2 96 Veal .............: 2.9 1.7 2.0 69 116 38.5 23.6 61 Pork .............: 2,319.9 2,224.0 2,508.3 108 113 27,672.0 27,468.5 99 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.8 8.7 11.1 103 128 118.7 119.3 100 : Total red meat ...: 4,502.1 4,225.8 4,788.8 106 113 54,414.1 53,225.5 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : December : January to December : December : November : December : 2025 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : of 2024 : : : 2025 as % : : : : : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,496.1 2,233.6 2,536.5 102 31,258.2 29,251.9 94 Other ................1,000: 45.0 40.7 43.4 96 571.6 540.9 95 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,541.1 2,274.3 2,579.9 102 31,829.8 29,792.7 94 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,434 1,461 1,467 102 1,402 1,436 102 Other ...............pounds: 1,236 1,255 1,244 101 1,221 1,241 102 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,431 1,457 1,463 102 1,399 1,432 102 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 15.2 8.4 10.3 68 203.4 118.0 58 Other ................1,000: 0.9 0.6 0.6 71 8.5 6.3 74 Commercial ...........1,000: 16.1 9.0 11.0 68 211.9 124.4 59 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 324 351 330 102 320 340 106 Other ...............pounds: 397 398 401 101 383 399 104 Commercial ..........pounds: 328 354 334 102 323 343 106 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,700.0 10,220.3 11,480.7 107 129,052.7 127,630.7 99 Other ................1,000: 49.6 39.0 43.0 87 617.7 568.4 92 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,749.6 10,259.3 11,523.7 107 129,670.3 128,199.1 99 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 291 292 293 101 288 289 100 Other ...............pounds: 251 267 258 102 261 262 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 291 292 293 101 288 289 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 175.3 152.0 190.5 109 1,914.9 1,956.6 102 Other ................1,000: 28.0 23.1 26.8 96 293.6 301.2 103 Commercial ...........1,000: 203.3 175.1 217.3 107 2,208.5 2,257.7 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 121 112 115 95 122 120 98 Other ...............pounds: 94 97 95 101 101 99 98 Commercial ..........pounds: 117 110 112 96 119 117 98 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 53.4 44.0 55.8 104 566.4 538.8 95 Other ................1,000: 11.6 9.7 11.9 103 116.5 112.0 96 Commercial ...........1,000: 65.0 53.7 67.7 104 682.9 650.8 95 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 64 64 100 64 64 101 Other ...............pounds: 84 79 82 98 83 82 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 67 67 99 67 67 101 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.3 5.2 5.8 92 77.1 63.4 82 Other ................1,000: 0.4 0.4 0.3 88 3.5 3.3 97 Commercial ...........1,000: 6.7 5.6 6.1 91 80.6 66.7 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : December : November : December :December 2025 as : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : % of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 0.9 1.0 1.1 132 Alaska ................: 0.1 (Y) 0.1 98 Arizona ...............: 40.8 33.0 41.1 101 Arkansas ..............: 0.5 0.4 0.5 97 California ............: 88.7 76.3 85.9 97 Colorado ..............: 174.2 165.9 185.7 107 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.4 1.8 2.0 83 Florida ...............: 5.7 4.3 3.4 60 Georgia ...............: 6.4 8.3 9.4 147 Hawaii ................: 0.7 0.6 0.7 110 : Idaho .................: 47.4 45.2 49.9 105 Illinois ..............: 281.2 264.7 296.6 105 Indiana ...............: 169.2 169.3 182.0 108 Iowa ..................: 743.6 724.1 818.8 110 Kansas ................: 471.4 423.9 501.4 106 Kentucky ..............: 53.4 51.5 55.7 104 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.3 0.3 102 Michigan ..............: 128.7 132.3 140.6 109 Minnesota .............: 234.4 224.2 244.2 104 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.8 0.8 96 : Missouri ..............: 176.0 174.8 195.6 111 Montana ...............: 2.5 2.0 2.6 106 Nebraska ..............: 663.8 626.0 709.0 107 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 118 New England 1/ ........: 2.7 2.5 2.6 96 New Jersey ............: 4.5 4.4 5.4 120 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 112 New York ..............: 2.8 2.5 2.9 106 North Carolina ........: 229.9 213.4 246.5 107 North Dakota ..........: 0.6 0.8 0.6 90 : Ohio ..................: 25.4 23.8 27.0 106 Oklahoma ..............: 104.0 90.6 105.1 101 Oregon ................: 2.3 2.1 2.3 101 Pennsylvania ..........: 131.1 116.7 135.8 104 South Carolina ........: 14.7 12.3 12.8 87 South Dakota ..........: 126.6 115.6 131.0 104 Tennessee .............: 25.7 25.0 27.9 108 Texas .................: 360.4 317.2 371.3 103 Utah ..................: 46.1 47.5 51.7 112 Virginia ..............: 1.2 1.1 1.1 95 : Washington ............: 76.0 69.0 79.6 105 West Virginia .........: 1.0 0.9 0.8 83 Wisconsin .............: 95.4 86.9 96.1 101 Wyoming ...............: 0.9 0.7 0.8 87 : United States .........: 4,544.5 4,264.3 4,829.3 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 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 0.7 759 792 1,117 1,195 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 104 98 1,170 1,123 Arizona ..........: 44.3 (D) 65,592 (D) 1,483 (D) Arkansas .........: 0.6 0.6 707 679 1,104 1,129 California .......: 92.6 90.2 130,126 124,084 1,414 1,384 Colorado .........: 183.6 190.5 274,689 291,173 1,498 1,530 Delaware-Maryland : 2.4 1.9 3,327 2,606 1,395 1,409 Florida ..........: 8.4 (D) 11,142 (D) 1,330 (D) Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.9 1.0 1,071 1,182 1,206 1,221 : Idaho ............: (D) 59.9 (D) 82,869 (D) 1,391 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 7.4 9.9 8,756 12,584 1,199 1,281 Iowa .............: 46.4 48.3 66,645 71,034 1,436 1,471 Kansas ...........: 505.2 518.5 730,149 772,655 1,446 1,491 Kentucky .........: 6.1 6.5 7,214 7,941 1,191 1,224 Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.4 426 439 1,028 999 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.4 0.4 461 426 1,028 1,058 : Missouri .........: 4.9 24.1 6,122 32,253 1,248 1,347 Montana ..........: 2.9 3.0 3,507 3,747 1,225 1,248 Nebraska .........: 550.5 563.5 827,438 863,198 1,504 1,534 Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 88 (D) 1,282 (D) New England 1/ ...: 2.8 2.6 3,478 3,215 1,226 1,227 New Jersey .......: 4.7 5.3 5,482 6,220 1,164 1,173 New Mexico .......: 0.4 0.4 467 529 1,065 1,193 New York .........: 2.8 3.0 3,505 3,748 1,258 1,260 North Carolina ...: 5.3 (D) 6,474 (D) 1,237 (D) North Dakota .....: 0.8 0.7 1,067 942 1,295 1,387 : Ohio .............: 5.8 5.7 7,713 7,603 1,329 1,343 Oklahoma .........: 7.1 8.2 8,465 10,222 1,196 1,254 Oregon ...........: 1.2 1.2 1,537 1,477 1,242 1,281 Pennsylvania .....: 87.1 86.6 115,561 116,587 1,333 1,350 South Carolina ...: 20.8 18.3 28,253 24,483 1,366 1,348 South Dakota .....: 40.7 29.6 59,807 47,359 1,476 1,600 Tennessee ........: 3.0 3.0 2,921 2,958 1,004 1,021 Texas ............: 435.2 428.0 588,805 602,682 1,357 1,412 Utah .............: 50.0 (D) 72,149 (D) 1,445 (D) Virginia .........: 1.3 1.2 1,410 1,315 1,082 1,113 : Washington .......: 84.7 84.7 123,224 127,420 1,459 1,509 West Virginia ....: 1.2 0.9 1,389 1,081 1,137 1,217 Wisconsin ........: 104.8 100.8 146,685 141,348 1,408 1,410 Wyoming ..........: 1.1 1.0 1,333 1,173 1,221 1,202 : United States ....: 2,541.1 2,579.9 3,628,195 3,767,653 1,431 1,463 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 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) 54 (D) 407 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 33 32 456 503 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.2 60 85 402 413 Indiana ..........: 0.5 (D) 189 (D) 396 (D) Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 22 (X) 446 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 28 29 265 297 New Jersey .......: 1.5 1.9 559 743 384 388 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 39 22 352 359 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 2.4 (D) 816 (D) 347 (D) Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 6.2 4.1 2,654 1,713 432 414 South Carolina ...: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Texas ............: 0.4 0.3 171 130 486 487 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 ....: 16.1 11.0 5,250 3,643 328 334 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 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 2.3 654 1,003 422 445 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 21 (X) 291 Arkansas .........: 0.3 0.3 93 83 279 273 California .......: 91.7 93.9 20,829 21,619 228 231 Colorado .........: 2.5 2.4 384 398 153 164 Delaware-Maryland : 1.8 1.9 472 517 269 277 Florida ..........: 4.6 4.8 619 572 133 118 Georgia ..........: 5.2 5.3 1,351 1,432 260 269 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.2 58 49 292 265 : Idaho ............: 12.4 13.9 3,172 3,645 257 261 Illinois .........: 1,012.8 1,080.9 292,008 311,136 288 288 Indiana ..........: 760.6 809.7 219,298 233,445 288 288 Iowa .............: 3,250.3 3,537.4 948,717 1,044,005 292 295 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.4 67 58 160 161 Michigan .........: 405.6 437.7 119,661 128,563 295 294 Minnesota ........: 987.9 1,035.3 278,703 295,468 282 285 Mississippi ......: 4.5 4.4 763 751 169 172 : Missouri .........: 774.9 794.6 230,334 239,142 297 301 Montana ..........: 1.6 1.5 465 431 296 285 Nebraska .........: 690.9 775.2 202,453 227,459 293 293 Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 2.4 2.5 652 662 277 263 New Jersey .......: 11.5 12.7 989 1,217 86 96 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.1 50 37 240 257 New York .........: 1.9 1.8 430 409 229 223 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 47 47 304 292 : Ohio .............: 91.6 97.3 26,995 29,863 295 307 Oklahoma .........: 454.9 454.0 130,512 130,932 287 288 Oregon ...........: 5.4 5.6 1,380 1,450 257 262 Pennsylvania .....: 295.4 312.4 83,019 88,474 281 283 South Carolina ...: 3.4 3.5 719 750 211 214 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 78.7 85.2 36,205 39,649 461 466 Texas ............: 28.1 26.8 4,976 5,017 177 187 Utah .............: 1.9 2.6 440 453 238 174 Virginia .........: 1.4 1.3 428 418 313 318 : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: 0.5 0.5 138 105 285 218 Wisconsin ........: 60.5 69.1 25,565 29,864 424 433 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 71 56 322 269 : United States ....: 10,749.6 11,523.7 3,128,892 3,376,512 291 293 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 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 ..........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 8 (X) 89 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.8 0.8 91 96 115 125 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.2 6 17 68 89 California .......: 23.1 22.6 3,335 3,134 144 139 Colorado .........: 36.1 43.3 5,813 6,656 161 154 Delaware-Maryland : 1.7 1.5 163 146 95 97 Florida ..........: 3.2 3.3 169 164 53 50 Georgia ..........: (D) 3.7 (D) 245 (D) 67 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 8 8 116 120 : Idaho ............: 0.1 0.2 14 25 145 146 Illinois .........: 6.8 7.8 592 665 88 85 Indiana ..........: 6.2 6.0 658 600 106 100 Iowa .............: 0.1 0.2 16 17 118 112 Kansas ...........: 0.3 0.2 31 23 98 93 Kentucky .........: 1.0 0.9 105 95 103 109 Louisiana ........: 0.9 0.8 53 46 59 55 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.7 0.9 54 75 78 86 Mississippi ......: 0.2 0.1 14 10 71 71 : Missouri .........: 1.6 1.9 132 136 82 72 Montana ..........: 0.4 0.4 52 52 119 127 Nebraska .........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 8 (X) 118 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 5.4 5.6 530 521 98 93 New Jersey .......: 15.7 20.7 1,290 1,793 82 87 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.8 68 107 135 132 New York .........: 8.1 9.1 787 903 97 99 North Carolina ...: 6.5 9.9 407 627 62 63 North Dakota .....: (Y) 0.1 (X) 8 (X) 116 : Ohio .............: 6.5 4.9 1,049 720 161 148 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.4 4.6 674 687 152 148 Pennsylvania .....: 12.5 12.0 1,213 1,193 97 100 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.3 0.3 33 39 112 123 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 29.6 23.5 2,900 1,785 98 76 Utah .............: 1.5 1.5 196 192 135 132 Virginia .........: 0.9 0.9 71 76 77 83 : Washington .......: 1.1 1.1 143 139 134 131 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.0 0.9 112 90 113 96 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 14 15 130 130 : United States ....: 203.3 217.3 23,789 24,435 117 112 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 December : : : : January to December Class : December : November : December :-----------------------: December : November : December :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head --------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,193.9 1,096.2 1,249.6 15,184.1 14,535.7 47.8 49.1 49.3 48.6 49.7 Heifers ..........: 829.0 705.5 808.8 10,003.5 9,277.1 33.2 31.6 31.9 32.0 31.7 All cows .........: 440.0 394.2 444.0 5,580.3 4,992.4 17.6 17.6 17.5 17.9 17.1 Dairy cows .......: 224.5 204.1 248.4 2,725.5 2,641.4 9.0 9.1 9.8 8.7 9.0 Other cows .......: 215.5 190.1 195.6 2,854.8 2,351.1 8.6 8.5 7.7 9.1 8.0 Bulls ............: 33.3 37.7 34.2 490.4 446.6 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.5 : Total ............: 2,496.1 2,233.6 2,536.5 31,258.2 29,251.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 15.2 8.4 10.3 203.4 118.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,428.1 9,990.7 11,198.5 125,617.6 124,406.3 97.5 97.8 97.5 97.3 97.5 Sows .............: 250.9 212.9 262.2 3,148.1 2,975.6 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.3 Boars ............: 21.0 16.7 20.0 287.0 248.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,700.0 10,220.3 11,480.7 129,052.7 127,630.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 10.6 10.3 12.8 127.7 130.0 6.1 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 164.6 141.7 177.7 1,787.2 1,826.6 93.9 93.2 93.3 93.3 93.4 : Total ............: 175.3 152.0 190.5 1,914.9 1,956.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to December Class : December : November : December :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 871 894 896 852 878 Steers 1/ ...............: 953 984 983 931 955 Heifers 1/ ..............: 868 891 893 848 871 All cows 1/ .............: 651 642 650 641 658 Bulls 1/ ................: 877 905 909 899 917 : Calves and vealers ... : 193 206 194 190 201 : Hogs ................. : 217 218 219 214 215 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 215 216 217 212 213 Sows 2/ .................: 296 301 299 298 300 Boars 2/ ................: 228 239 227 223 229 : Sheep ................ : 61 57 58 62 61 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 65 64 63 64 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 61 57 58 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: December 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 ............: 2.4 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 2 ............: 8.2 2.7 2.2 3.1 2.2 0.8 0.3 2.8 3 ............: 88.6 35.4 4.5 44.1 35.3 8.9 4.5 4.2 4 ............: 53.1 5.5 2.2 40.7 13.4 27.3 4.8 0.2 5 ............: 253.9 126.5 (D) 88.8 59.6 29.3 (D) 1.6 6 ............: 430.7 177.4 155.7 88.3 35.4 52.9 9.3 (D) 7 ............:1,145.1 640.5 (D) 59.9 14.0 45.8 (D) 0.1 8 ............: 273.3 152.7 (D) 13.6 2.3 11.2 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 136.2 50.7 22.1 62.3 55.4 6.9 1.0 (D) 10 ...........: 145.1 57.3 43.5 42.7 30.4 12.2 1.6 (D) : United States :2,536.5 1,249.6 808.8 444.0 248.4 195.6 34.2 10.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.4 2.3 (Y) (Y) 5.5 0.2 5.4 2 ............: 14.5 14.4 (Y) (Y) 29.0 4.2 24.8 3 ............: 314.4 314.2 0.2 (Y) 15.4 0.8 14.7 4 ............: (D) (D) 88.6 (D) 15.6 1.0 14.6 5 ............: 3,513.7 3,411.7 96.1 5.9 33.6 1.9 31.7 6 ............: 477.7 477.5 0.1 0.1 18.2 1.2 17.1 7 ............: 5,122.4 5,035.0 77.0 10.3 1.9 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.1 (D) 44.5 (D) (D) 9 ............: 89.6 89.5 (Y) (Y) 21.7 2.5 19.2 10 ...........: 21.0 21.0 (Y) (Y) 5.0 0.1 4.9 : United States :11,480.7 11,198.5 262.2 20.0 190.5 12.8 177.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 December 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 ............: 30.0 12.4 8.2 6.9 4.3 2.5 2.6 1.2 2 ............: 87.1 27.4 24.4 31.9 24.2 7.6 3.3 27.7 3 ............: 1,063.0 411.4 87.2 495.6 377.8 117.8 68.7 52.9 4 ............: 662.6 64.3 27.4 503.1 145.6 357.5 67.9 2.7 5 ............: 2,904.2 1,448.2 (D) 1,012.6 690.9 321.7 (D) 18.2 6 ............: 5,101.5 2,207.3 1,761.8 1,023.3 370.9 652.4 109.1 (D) 7 ............:12,920.2 7,271.6 (D) 597.5 104.4 493.2 (D) 0.6 8 ............: 3,243.3 1,790.6 (D) 188.8 42.4 146.4 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 1,550.5 664.4 251.3 618.8 538.0 80.8 15.9 (D) 10 ...........: 1,689.6 638.1 513.2 513.9 342.7 171.2 24.4 (D) : United States :29,251.9 14,535.7 9,277.1 4,992.4 2,641.4 2,351.1 446.6 118.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 24.7 24.4 0.2 0.1 56.4 2.3 54.1 2 ............: 129.9 129.2 0.5 0.2 263.6 30.0 233.7 3 ............: 3,409.4 3,407.0 2.1 0.3 171.0 14.7 156.2 4 ............: (D) (D) 965.8 (D) 166.2 11.9 154.3 5 ............: 39,184.7 38,004.5 1,115.7 64.5 350.6 19.1 331.6 6 ............: 5,746.9 5,744.7 1.1 1.0 201.8 10.6 191.2 7 ............: 56,649.2 55,628.4 887.9 132.8 22.2 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 1.5 (D) 426.4 (D) (D) 9 ............: 963.8 963.2 0.5 0.1 238.9 30.0 208.9 10 ...........: 228.2 227.8 0.3 0.1 59.4 2.0 57.4 : United States :127,630.7 124,406.3 2,975.6 248.7 1,956.6 130.0 1,826.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 December Species : December : November : December :------------------------ : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.2 98.2 Calves .......: 94.4 93.8 94.1 96.0 94.9 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.6 Sheep ........: 86.2 86.8 87.7 86.7 86.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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