Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released January 23, 2025, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Commercial Red Meat Production Down Slightly from Last December December 2023 contained 21 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. December 2024 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.54 billion pounds in December, down slightly from the 4.55 billion pounds produced in December 2023. Beef production, at 2.20 billion pounds, was slightly above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.54 million head, down 2 percent from December 2023. The average live weight was up 30 pounds from the previous year, at 1,431 pounds. Veal production totaled 3.1 million pounds, 20 percent below December a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 16,100 head, down 28 percent from December 2023. The average live weight was up 36 pounds from last year, at 329 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.33 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.7 million head, down 1 percent from December 2023. The average live weight was unchanged from the previous year, at 291 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.0 million pounds, was up 12 percent from December 2023. Sheep slaughter totaled 201,500 head, 9 percent above last year. The average live weight was 117 pounds, up 2 pounds from December a year ago. January to December 2024 commercial red meat production was 55.0 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2023. Accumulated beef production was up slightly from last year, veal was down 16 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 2 percent. 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 2023 and 2024.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: December 2023 and 2024............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: December 2023 and 2024............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: December 2023 and 2024.. 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 2024................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to December 2024..... 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 2024 as % of : January to December : December : November : December :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : December : November : : :2024 as % : : : : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,190.6 2,216.6 2,200.6 100 99 26,965.8 26,987.9 100 Veal .............: 3.9 3.1 3.1 80 100 48.0 40.2 84 Pork .............: 2,342.1 2,334.4 2,328.7 99 100 27,302.4 27,789.7 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.8 10.4 12.0 112 115 130.4 133.6 102 : Total red meat ...: 4,547.3 4,564.5 4,544.5 100 100 54,446.7 54,951.3 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :December 2024 as % of : January to December : December : November : December :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : December : November : : :2024 as % : : : : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,159.0 2,185.0 2,168.5 100 99 26,547.5 26,584.9 100 Veal .............: 3.7 3.0 2.9 78 98 46.5 38.5 83 Pork .............: 2,332.4 2,325.7 2,320.0 99 100 27,176.4 27,672.1 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.5 9.2 10.8 113 117 114.4 118.7 104 : Total red meat ...: 4,504.7 4,522.9 4,502.2 100 100 53,884.7 54,414.2 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : December : January to December : December : November : December : 2024 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : of 2023 : : : 2024 as % : : : : : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,548.8 2,523.1 2,496.1 98 32,232.9 31,258.2 97 Other ................1,000: 45.5 45.0 45.4 100 610.9 574.9 94 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,594.3 2,568.1 2,541.5 98 32,843.8 31,833.1 97 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,404 1,428 1,434 102 1,368 1,402 103 Other ...............pounds: 1,224 1,221 1,239 101 1,213 1,223 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,401 1,425 1,431 102 1,365 1,399 102 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 21.8 14.9 15.2 70 285.7 203.4 71 Other ................1,000: 0.6 0.7 0.9 141 7.9 8.3 104 Commercial ...........1,000: 22.4 15.5 16.1 72 293.6 211.7 72 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 292 336 324 111 278 320 115 Other ...............pounds: 330 385 416 126 353 388 110 Commercial ..........pounds: 293 338 329 112 280 323 115 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,775.8 10,798.3 10,700.3 99 127,334.1 129,053.2 101 Other ................1,000: 49.1 45.9 47.9 97 637.0 616.1 97 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,824.9 10,844.2 10,748.2 99 127,971.0 129,669.2 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 291 289 291 100 287 288 100 Other ...............pounds: 270 260 252 93 272 262 96 Commercial ..........pounds: 291 289 291 100 287 288 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 159.7 150.2 175.3 110 1,838.8 1,914.9 104 Other ................1,000: 24.5 23.4 26.3 107 329.0 288.2 88 Commercial ...........1,000: 184.2 173.6 201.5 109 2,167.8 2,203.1 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 117 120 121 103 123 122 99 Other ...............pounds: 98 100 93 95 98 101 104 Commercial ..........pounds: 115 118 117 102 119 119 100 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 51.2 46.9 53.4 104 527.9 566.3 107 Other ................1,000: 11.6 10.3 11.9 102 108.6 118.6 109 Commercial ...........1,000: 62.8 57.2 65.3 104 636.5 685.0 108 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 63 64 64 101 64 64 99 Other ...............pounds: 79 88 82 104 86 83 96 Commercial ..........pounds: 66 68 67 102 68 67 99 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.2 5.6 6.3 103 75.2 77.2 103 Other ................1,000: 0.4 0.3 0.4 106 3.4 3.4 98 Commercial ...........1,000: 6.5 6.0 6.7 103 78.7 80.6 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2024 as : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : % of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.1 0.9 0.9 77 Alaska ................: (Y) 0.1 0.1 (X) Arizona ...............: 36.7 40.4 40.8 111 Arkansas ..............: 0.4 0.5 0.5 109 California ............: 101.2 90.6 88.5 87 Colorado ..............: 161.4 168.1 174.2 108 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.5 2.3 2.4 97 Florida ...............: 5.3 6.4 5.7 108 Georgia ...............: 12.8 6.9 6.4 50 Hawaii ................: 0.7 0.7 0.7 96 : Idaho .................: 40.0 46.7 47.5 119 Illinois ..............: 287.7 278.5 281.2 98 Indiana ...............: 158.4 176.3 169.1 107 Iowa ..................: 784.3 768.3 743.6 95 Kansas ................: 481.1 470.0 471.4 98 Kentucky ..............: 54.1 51.7 53.4 99 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.4 0.3 123 Michigan ..............: 111.5 128.7 128.7 115 Minnesota .............: 228.5 234.2 234.3 103 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.8 0.8 109 : Missouri ..............: 180.7 166.9 176.2 98 Montana ...............: 2.2 3.1 2.2 104 Nebraska ..............: 660.3 681.7 663.9 101 Nevada ................: (Y) 0.1 0.1 (X) New England 1/ ........: 2.8 2.8 2.7 98 New Jersey ............: 4.1 3.9 4.5 109 New Mexico ............: 0.3 0.3 0.4 111 New York ..............: 3.1 2.6 2.8 89 North Carolina ........: 223.9 216.0 229.9 103 North Dakota ..........: 0.6 0.6 0.7 121 : Ohio ..................: 23.7 24.7 25.2 106 Oklahoma ..............: 98.0 117.3 104.0 106 Oregon ................: 2.2 2.4 2.3 107 Pennsylvania ..........: 129.2 125.5 131.1 101 South Carolina ........: 15.2 16.6 14.7 96 South Dakota ..........: 127.8 126.6 126.6 99 Tennessee .............: 26.3 25.8 25.7 98 Texas .................: 361.7 357.6 360.4 100 Utah ..................: 44.0 46.9 46.1 105 Virginia ..............: 1.3 1.2 1.2 92 : Washington ............: 73.1 73.8 76.0 104 West Virginia .........: 1.1 1.1 0.8 79 Wisconsin .............: 96.3 93.9 95.6 99 Wyoming ...............: 0.7 0.8 0.9 127 : United States .........: 4,547.3 4,564.5 4,544.5 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 2023 and 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 0.6 0.7 702 759 1,116 1,117 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 71 104 1,132 1,170 Arizona ..........: 40.9 44.3 59,449 65,592 1,454 1,483 Arkansas .........: 0.6 0.6 637 707 1,061 1,104 California .......: 111.9 92.7 153,613 130,217 1,382 1,414 Colorado .........: 174.0 183.6 253,199 274,645 1,456 1,498 Delaware-Maryland : 2.4 2.4 3,366 3,327 1,407 1,395 Florida ..........: 8.0 8.4 9,831 11,142 1,227 1,330 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.9 0.9 1,119 1,071 1,194 1,206 : Idaho ............: 54.2 (D) 67,818 (D) 1,258 (D) Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 3.6 7.3 4,395 8,640 1,206 1,199 Iowa .............: 44.8 46.5 64,393 66,723 1,438 1,436 Kansas ...........: 530.6 505.2 748,613 730,149 1,411 1,446 Kentucky .........: 5.5 6.1 6,154 7,214 1,114 1,191 Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.4 394 430 887 1,020 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.5 0.4 462 461 1,010 1,028 : Missouri .........: 27.5 5.2 30,833 6,500 1,127 1,249 Montana ..........: 2.6 2.6 3,273 3,266 1,245 1,255 Nebraska .........: 550.0 550.8 820,824 827,760 1,494 1,504 Nevada ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 88 (X) 1,282 New England 1/ ...: 2.9 2.8 3,485 3,478 1,193 1,226 New Jersey .......: 4.3 4.7 4,902 5,482 1,151 1,164 New Mexico .......: 0.4 0.4 461 467 1,036 1,065 New York .........: 3.6 2.8 4,249 3,505 1,193 1,258 North Carolina ...: 6.0 5.3 7,444 6,474 1,239 1,237 North Dakota .....: 0.7 0.9 926 1,183 1,309 1,293 : Ohio .............: 5.9 5.6 7,884 7,479 1,331 1,330 Oklahoma .........: 5.4 7.1 6,223 8,465 1,179 1,196 Oregon ...........: 1.4 1.3 1,690 1,583 1,241 1,239 Pennsylvania .....: 85.3 87.2 110,402 115,613 1,299 1,333 South Carolina ...: 22.0 20.8 29,329 28,253 1,342 1,366 South Dakota .....: 34.8 40.7 50,918 59,794 1,473 1,476 Tennessee ........: 3.1 3.0 3,062 2,921 994 1,004 Texas ............: 445.6 435.2 593,176 588,805 1,335 1,357 Utah .............: 47.8 50.0 68,720 72,149 1,438 1,445 Virginia .........: 1.6 1.3 1,610 1,410 1,038 1,082 : Washington .......: 82.1 84.7 118,619 123,224 1,448 1,459 West Virginia ....: 1.5 1.0 1,554 1,195 1,031 1,148 Wisconsin ........: 103.3 105.0 144,771 146,966 1,410 1,408 Wyoming ..........: 1.0 1.1 1,081 1,333 1,135 1,221 : United States ....: 2,594.3 2,541.5 3,626,735 3,628,743 1,401 1,431 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 Calf Slaughter - States and United States: December 2023 and 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) 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) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 60 33 458 456 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.3 0.1 106 60 409 402 Indiana ..........: 0.6 0.5 242 189 401 396 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Mississippi ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Missouri .........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (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/ ...: 0.2 0.1 55 28 314 265 New Jersey .......: 1.6 1.5 588 559 379 384 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: 2.6 (D) 236 (D) 92 (D) North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 44 39 354 352 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 3.9 2.4 1,047 816 268 346 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.8 6.1 3,459 2,642 446 434 South Carolina ...: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Texas ............: 0.1 0.4 23 171 407 486 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.1 (D) 38 (D) 277 (D) : Washington .......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) West Virginia ....: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Wisconsin ........: 0.1 (Y) 46 (X) 493 (X) Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 22.4 16.1 6,541 5,243 293 329 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 2023 and 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 2.5 1.6 1,079 654 436 422 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.3 100 93 278 279 California .......: 83.2 90.4 18,707 20,579 225 228 Colorado .........: 4.1 2.5 488 389 121 154 Delaware-Maryland : 1.9 1.8 519 472 266 269 Florida ..........: 5.0 4.6 579 619 116 133 Georgia ..........: 5.2 5.2 1,430 1,351 273 260 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.2 35 58 254 292 : Idaho ............: 12.7 12.4 3,206 3,197 253 257 Illinois .........: 1,048.7 1,012.7 302,983 291,992 289 288 Indiana ..........: 747.3 760.6 208,201 219,293 279 288 Iowa .............: 3,449.0 3,250.3 1,007,476 948,734 292 292 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.2 0.4 33 67 203 160 Michigan .........: 332.7 405.6 99,020 119,661 298 295 Minnesota ........: 966.2 988.0 272,241 278,720 282 282 Mississippi ......: 4.2 4.5 667 761 160 169 : Missouri .........: 730.7 774.8 221,011 230,307 303 297 Montana ..........: 1.2 1.2 310 341 261 282 Nebraska .........: 688.3 690.9 201,743 202,448 293 293 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 2.6 2.4 693 652 263 277 New Jersey .......: 11.1 11.5 934 989 84 86 New Mexico .......: 0.1 0.2 31 50 255 240 New York .........: 1.9 1.9 464 430 241 229 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 66 47 315 304 : Ohio .............: 84.8 91.5 24,691 26,989 291 295 Oklahoma .........: 419.3 454.9 123,483 130,512 294 287 Oregon ...........: 4.5 5.5 1,149 1,401 254 257 Pennsylvania .....: 288.0 295.4 83,042 83,003 288 281 South Carolina ...: 3.7 3.4 760 710 208 211 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 82.5 78.7 36,998 36,205 449 461 Texas ............: 26.6 28.1 4,931 4,976 185 177 Utah .............: 2.4 1.9 609 440 251 238 Virginia .........: 1.2 1.4 378 428 322 313 : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: 0.7 0.4 199 125 294 282 Wisconsin ........: 67.6 60.6 28,974 25,610 430 423 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 50 71 250 322 : United States ....: 10,824.9 10,748.2 3,149,503 3,128,550 291 291 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 2023 and 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.7 0.8 76 91 108 115 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 14 6 95 68 California .......: 25.2 23.0 3,588 3,264 142 142 Colorado .........: 32.4 36.1 4,932 5,813 152 161 Delaware-Maryland : 1.8 1.7 166 163 95 95 Florida ..........: 3.0 3.2 155 169 52 53 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 13 8 133 116 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.1 22 18 138 144 Illinois .........: 6.8 6.8 583 588 86 87 Indiana ..........: 6.1 6.2 614 657 101 106 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.1 23 17 125 125 Kansas ...........: 0.3 0.3 34 31 100 98 Kentucky .........: 1.3 1.0 135 105 101 103 Louisiana ........: 0.8 0.9 47 53 58 59 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.8 0.6 61 51 77 78 Mississippi ......: 0.1 0.2 7 14 66 71 : Missouri .........: 0.8 1.6 70 132 83 82 Montana ..........: 0.4 0.5 47 61 134 129 Nebraska .........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 7 (X) 121 Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 4.9 5.4 452 530 92 98 New Jersey .......: 15.7 15.7 1,283 1,290 82 82 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 72 68 135 135 New York .........: 7.0 8.1 600 779 85 96 North Carolina ...: 3.6 6.5 232 407 64 62 North Dakota .....: 0.1 (Y) 7 (X) 119 (X) : Ohio .............: 4.9 6.5 752 1,045 153 161 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.1 4.4 600 669 146 153 Pennsylvania .....: 13.1 12.5 1,264 1,212 97 97 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.3 28 33 121 112 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 24.4 27.9 2,467 2,786 101 100 Utah .............: 1.3 1.5 174 196 135 135 Virginia .........: 1.3 0.9 96 71 73 77 : Washington .......: 1.2 1.1 156 151 136 134 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.1 1.0 125 114 118 115 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 12 14 138 130 : United States ....: 184.2 201.5 21,147 23,600 115 117 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 :----------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head --------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,197.8 1,204.3 1,193.9 15,075.5 15,184.0 47.0 47.7 47.8 46.8 48.6 Heifers ..........: 797.2 831.4 829.0 10,033.6 10,003.4 31.3 33.0 33.2 31.1 32.0 All cows .........: 516.6 446.7 440.0 6,592.3 5,580.3 20.3 17.7 17.6 20.5 17.9 Dairy cows .......: 224.7 210.3 224.5 3,076.0 2,725.5 8.8 8.3 9.0 9.5 8.7 Other cows .......: 291.9 236.4 215.5 3,516.3 2,854.9 11.5 9.4 8.6 10.9 9.1 Bulls ............: 37.2 40.7 33.3 531.5 490.4 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.6 : Total ............: 2,548.8 2,523.1 2,496.1 32,232.9 31,258.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 21.8 14.9 15.2 285.7 203.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,498.5 10,538.3 10,428.3 123,845.7 125,617.6 97.4 97.6 97.5 97.3 97.3 Sows .............: 254.2 239.3 251.0 3,183.7 3,148.6 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.4 Boars ............: 23.2 20.7 21.0 304.7 287.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,775.8 10,798.3 10,700.3 127,334.1 129,053.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 10.2 9.4 10.6 117.7 127.7 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.7 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 149.5 140.7 164.6 1,721.1 1,787.1 93.6 93.7 93.9 93.6 93.3 : Total ............: 159.7 150.2 175.3 1,838.8 1,914.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 :----------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 849 868 871 825 852 Steers 1/ ...............: 941 956 953 908 931 Heifers 1/ ..............: 851 866 868 829 848 All cows 1/ .............: 628 631 651 627 641 Bulls 1/ ................: 862 889 877 870 899 : Calves and vealers ... : 172 200 192 164 190 : Hogs ................. : 217 215 217 213 214 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 215 214 215 211 212 Sows 2/ .................: 296 298 296 299 298 Boars 2/ ................: 218 223 228 193 223 : Sheep ................ : 60 61 61 62 62 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 63 65 64 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 59 61 61 62 62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2024 [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 ............: 2.6 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 2 ............: 7.4 2.4 2.1 2.6 2.1 0.6 0.3 2.9 3 ............: 89.8 36.4 5.0 43.0 31.6 11.4 5.3 6.3 4 ............: 52.2 5.2 2.1 39.9 11.7 28.2 5.0 0.4 5 ............: 255.8 121.7 (D) 92.1 57.4 34.7 (D) 2.9 6 ............: 436.8 178.7 161.5 89.1 29.2 59.9 7.5 (D) 7 ............:1,097.5 602.2 (D) 47.4 4.2 43.2 (D) 0.1 8 ............: 272.9 139.2 (D) 20.1 7.7 12.4 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 137.3 55.4 22.5 58.4 51.7 6.7 1.0 (D) 10 ...........: 143.8 51.6 43.4 46.7 28.6 18.1 2.1 (D) : United States :2,496.1 1,193.9 829.0 440.0 224.5 215.5 33.3 15.2 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.1 2.0 (Y) 0.1 5.3 0.1 5.2 2 ............: 13.4 13.3 (Y) (Y) 23.2 2.1 21.0 3 ............: 297.2 297.0 (D) (D) 16.1 1.8 14.3 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 14.0 1.0 13.0 5 ............: 3,299.1 3,197.5 97.5 4.1 29.3 1.5 27.8 6 ............: 479.4 479.3 0.1 0.1 21.4 0.5 20.9 7 ............: 4,720.1 4,639.2 69.1 11.8 1.7 (Y) 1.7 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.1 (Y) 37.3 0.7 36.6 9 ............: 86.3 86.3 (Y) (Y) 22.2 2.6 19.6 10 ...........: 19.1 19.1 (Y) (Y) 4.7 0.2 4.5 : United States :10,700.3 10,428.3 251.0 21.0 175.3 10.6 164.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 - Regions and United States: January to December 2024 [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 ............: 31.4 13.4 8.9 6.1 3.3 2.8 3.1 1.6 2 ............: 90.4 26.3 24.5 35.7 29.3 6.4 3.8 34.4 3 ............: 1,109.2 456.7 56.1 529.7 386.8 142.9 66.7 83.2 4 ............: 801.3 62.8 29.1 624.3 153.7 470.6 85.1 4.4 5 ............: 3,030.5 1,456.5 (D) 1,076.2 689.7 386.5 (D) 42.0 6 ............: 5,479.7 2,335.5 1,908.4 1,124.9 345.7 779.1 110.9 (D) 7 ............:13,802.3 7,640.2 (D) 650.5 60.5 590.0 (D) 0.7 8 ............: 3,384.9 1,810.6 (D) 257.1 89.4 167.8 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 1,798.9 728.0 295.6 752.7 634.7 118.0 22.6 (D) 10 ...........: 1,729.6 654.1 525.1 523.1 332.4 190.7 27.3 (D) : United States :31,258.2 15,184.0 10,003.4 5,580.3 2,725.5 2,854.9 490.4 203.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 25.8 25.3 0.3 0.2 55.1 2.4 52.7 2 ............: 127.3 126.4 0.7 0.1 245.6 22.6 223.1 3 ............: 3,453.9 3,450.8 (D) (D) 184.2 23.1 161.1 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 137.0 12.2 124.8 5 ............: 39,503.4 38,141.1 1,306.7 55.6 315.1 18.8 296.2 6 ............: 6,096.9 6,094.1 2.0 0.8 230.9 8.6 222.3 7 ............: 57,581.4 56,539.9 876.0 165.5 16.6 0.4 16.2 8 ............: (D) (D) 4.0 0.3 408.6 9.3 399.2 9 ............: 951.4 950.9 0.4 0.1 263.7 27.9 235.8 10 ...........: 216.7 216.3 0.4 0.1 58.1 2.4 55.7 : United States :129,053.2 125,617.6 3,148.6 287.0 1,914.9 127.7 1,787.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 :------------------------ : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.2 Calves .......: 97.3 95.6 94.7 97.3 96.1 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 86.7 86.5 87.0 84.8 86.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1,000 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and nearly 1,850 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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