Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released December 19, 2024, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Commercial Red Meat Production Down 3 Percent from Last Year November 2023 contained 22 weekdays (including 2 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. November 2024 contained 21 weekdays (including 2 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.56 billion pounds in November, down 3 percent from the 4.68 billion pounds produced in November 2023. Beef production, at 2.22 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.57 million head, down 6 percent from November 2023. The average live weight was up 38 pounds from the previous year, at 1,425 pounds. Veal production totaled 3.1 million pounds, 28 percent below November a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 15,500 head, down 36 percent from November 2023. The average live weight was up 37 pounds from last year, at 338 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.33 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.8 million head, down 3 percent from November 2023. The average live weight was unchanged from the previous year, at 289 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 10.4 million pounds, was down 7 percent from November 2023. Sheep slaughter totaled 173,600 head, 9 percent below last year. The average live weight was 118 pounds, up 2 pounds from November a year ago. January to November 2024 commercial red meat production was 50.4 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: November 2023 and 2024.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: November 2023 and 2024............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: November 2023 and 2024............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: November 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: November 2024................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to November 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :November 2024 as % of : January to November : November : October : November :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : November : October : : :2024 as % : : : : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,279.1 2,465.5 2,216.5 97 90 24,775.4 24,787.1 100 Veal .............: 4.3 3.3 3.1 72 93 44.2 37.1 84 Pork .............: 2,387.5 2,543.5 2,334.4 98 92 24,960.4 25,460.9 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 11.2 11.7 10.4 93 89 119.7 121.6 102 : Total red meat ...: 4,682.0 5,024.0 4,564.4 97 91 49,899.6 50,406.7 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :November 2024 as % of : January to November : November : October : November :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : November : October : : :2024 as % : : : : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,247.3 2,425.8 2,184.9 97 90 24,388.5 24,416.3 100 Veal .............: 4.1 3.1 3.0 72 94 42.7 35.6 83 Pork .............: 2,377.4 2,532.2 2,325.7 98 92 24,844.0 25,352.2 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.1 10.3 9.2 91 89 104.8 108.0 103 : Total red meat ...: 4,638.9 4,971.4 4,522.8 97 91 49,380.1 49,912.0 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : November : January to November : November : October : November : 2024 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : of 2023 : : : 2024 as % : : : : : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,681.3 2,801.5 2,523.0 94 29,684.1 28,762.0 97 Other ................1,000: 46.1 56.6 45.0 98 565.4 529.5 94 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,727.4 2,858.1 2,568.0 94 30,249.4 29,291.5 97 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,390 1,422 1,428 103 1,365 1,399 103 Other ...............pounds: 1,210 1,215 1,221 101 1,212 1,221 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,387 1,418 1,425 103 1,362 1,396 103 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 23.4 16.3 14.9 64 263.8 188.2 71 Other ................1,000: 0.7 0.8 0.7 92 7.3 7.4 101 Commercial ...........1,000: 24.1 17.1 15.5 64 271.1 195.6 72 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 300 326 336 112 277 320 116 Other ...............pounds: 346 412 385 111 355 384 108 Commercial ..........pounds: 301 330 338 112 279 323 116 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 11,082.6 11,853.5 10,798.2 97 116,558.3 118,352.8 102 Other ................1,000: 51.0 60.0 45.9 90 587.9 568.2 97 Commercial ...........1,000: 11,133.6 11,913.5 10,844.1 97 117,146.1 118,921.0 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 289 287 289 100 287 288 100 Other ...............pounds: 274 260 260 95 273 263 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 289 287 289 100 287 288 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 168.4 168.4 150.2 89 1,679.2 1,739.6 104 Other ................1,000: 21.5 26.3 23.4 109 304.5 261.9 86 Commercial ...........1,000: 189.9 194.7 173.6 91 1,983.6 2,001.5 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 118 120 120 102 123 122 99 Other ...............pounds: 99 105 100 102 98 102 105 Commercial ..........pounds: 116 118 118 101 119 119 100 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 47.5 50.4 46.9 99 476.7 512.9 108 Other ................1,000: 10.1 10.7 10.3 102 97.0 106.8 110 Commercial ...........1,000: 57.6 61.0 57.2 99 573.7 619.7 108 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 63 64 64 101 64 64 99 Other ...............pounds: 83 80 88 106 87 83 95 Commercial ..........pounds: 67 67 68 102 68 67 98 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.6 6.5 5.6 85 69.1 70.8 102 Other ................1,000: 0.4 0.3 0.3 91 3.1 3.0 97 Commercial ...........1,000: 7.0 6.9 5.9 85 72.2 73.8 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : November : October : November :November 2024 as : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : % of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.2 1.2 0.9 73 Alaska ................: (Y) 0.1 0.1 (X) Arizona ...............: 40.5 40.4 40.4 100 Arkansas ..............: 0.5 0.6 0.5 96 California ............: 104.3 101.0 90.6 87 Colorado ..............: 172.5 188.9 168.1 97 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.6 2.6 2.3 87 Florida ...............: 7.2 6.3 6.4 89 Georgia ...............: 12.6 7.5 6.9 55 Hawaii ................: 0.8 0.8 0.7 90 : Idaho .................: 43.8 51.3 46.7 106 Illinois ..............: 282.7 314.3 278.5 99 Indiana ...............: 165.9 188.4 176.3 106 Iowa ..................: 796.5 819.5 768.3 96 Kansas ................: 480.7 515.5 470.0 98 Kentucky ..............: 56.0 52.3 51.7 92 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.5 0.4 141 Michigan ..............: 120.4 135.4 128.7 107 Minnesota .............: 244.4 254.3 234.2 96 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.9 0.8 102 : Missouri ..............: 187.5 188.6 166.9 89 Montana ...............: 2.6 2.7 3.1 118 Nebraska ..............: 669.7 762.5 681.7 102 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 113 New England 1/ ........: 3.0 3.3 2.8 94 New Jersey ............: 3.9 4.2 3.9 101 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.5 0.3 85 New York ..............: 3.2 3.1 2.6 79 North Carolina ........: 232.0 251.4 216.0 93 North Dakota ..........: 0.5 0.9 0.6 123 : Ohio ..................: 24.7 28.8 24.7 100 Oklahoma ..............: 95.8 115.3 117.3 122 Oregon ................: 2.5 2.8 2.4 96 Pennsylvania ..........: 136.6 141.7 125.5 92 South Carolina ........: 16.3 19.2 16.6 102 South Dakota ..........: 132.0 137.3 126.6 96 Tennessee .............: 26.6 31.4 25.8 97 Texas .................: 378.6 407.2 357.6 94 Utah ..................: 47.5 52.5 46.9 99 Virginia ..............: 1.3 1.7 1.2 95 : Washington ............: 75.4 82.7 73.8 98 West Virginia .........: 1.2 1.4 1.1 92 Wisconsin .............: 106.1 102.2 93.9 88 Wyoming ...............: 0.9 0.8 0.8 93 : United States .........: 4,682.0 5,024.0 4,564.4 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 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 ..........: 1.0 0.7 1,086 778 1,130 1,100 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 92 (X) 1,165 Arizona ..........: 45.4 44.5 65,735 65,111 1,451 1,466 Arkansas .........: 0.8 0.8 809 793 1,072 1,058 California .......: 119.2 97.5 160,252 133,649 1,354 1,380 Colorado .........: 187.0 178.9 269,112 265,375 1,440 1,485 Delaware-Maryland : 2.6 2.3 3,676 3,159 1,393 1,373 Florida ..........: 11.7 9.7 14,065 12,727 1,207 1,314 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.1 0.9 1,231 1,121 1,149 1,199 : Idaho ............: 60.0 (D) 75,091 (D) 1,259 (D) Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 3.9 7.2 4,732 8,372 1,204 1,174 Iowa .............: 46.9 48.3 66,130 68,896 1,410 1,426 Kansas ...........: 530.9 506.7 745,874 729,890 1,405 1,441 Kentucky .........: 6.0 6.4 6,701 7,560 1,116 1,190 Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.6 409 584 972 919 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.6 0.6 618 587 993 973 : Missouri .........: 27.7 2.6 31,707 3,160 1,152 1,209 Montana ..........: 3.1 3.6 3,649 4,387 1,179 1,230 Nebraska .........: 566.7 568.5 832,688 857,099 1,471 1,509 Nevada ...........: 0.1 0.1 77 86 1,200 1,137 New England 1/ ...: 3.1 3.0 3,622 3,600 1,155 1,209 New Jersey .......: 4.0 4.3 4,581 4,876 1,140 1,146 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 543 486 1,082 1,059 New York .........: 3.7 2.6 4,349 3,333 1,173 1,267 North Carolina ...: 7.0 5.6 8,641 6,979 1,239 1,246 North Dakota .....: 0.6 0.7 733 895 1,315 1,324 : Ohio .............: 6.3 6.3 8,309 8,293 1,325 1,326 Oklahoma .........: 5.8 7.2 6,674 8,433 1,160 1,192 Oregon ...........: 1.7 1.5 1,998 1,814 1,187 1,234 Pennsylvania .....: 94.6 84.6 121,337 110,601 1,288 1,313 South Carolina ...: 24.1 24.3 31,706 32,467 1,322 1,343 South Dakota .....: 40.7 43.0 58,513 63,148 1,447 1,474 Tennessee ........: 3.9 3.4 3,798 3,344 988 998 Texas ............: 469.6 435.7 620,040 586,870 1,324 1,350 Utah .............: 51.0 50.4 74,035 73,118 1,452 1,451 Virginia .........: 1.6 1.5 1,646 1,547 1,029 1,049 : Washington .......: 85.1 82.7 122,582 119,214 1,443 1,446 West Virginia ....: 1.7 1.4 1,789 1,566 1,073 1,159 Wisconsin ........: 116.9 103.7 162,787 144,562 1,400 1,402 Wyoming ..........: 1.1 1.0 1,380 1,245 1,203 1,223 : United States ....: 2,727.4 2,568.0 3,775,674 3,651,307 1,387 1,425 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: November 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 59 29 473 426 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.3 0.2 119 62 422 413 Indiana ..........: 0.5 0.5 194 196 400 424 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 64 34 309 234 New Jersey .......: 1.4 1.2 551 455 381 383 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: 2.4 (D) 217 (D) 93 (D) North Carolina ...: 0.2 0.2 40 51 258 335 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 3.9 2.7 1,096 1,008 282 379 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.7 6.1 3,416 2,661 446 438 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 0.1 59 58 416 481 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.1 (D) 42 (D) 292 (D) : Washington .......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) West Virginia ....: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.3 (Y) 650 (X) 489 (X) Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 24.1 15.5 7,220 5,228 301 338 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 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 ..........: 2.1 1.5 880 644 414 418 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 (Y) 13 (X) 257 (X) Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.4 110 88 258 248 California .......: 77.9 83.3 17,663 19,572 227 236 Colorado .........: 3.2 2.3 453 400 141 173 Delaware-Maryland : 1.9 1.7 527 495 277 286 Florida ..........: 5.7 5.3 690 648 120 123 Georgia ..........: 5.3 4.9 1,457 1,288 276 265 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.1 41 44 267 299 : Idaho ............: 13.1 11.3 3,298 2,911 252 257 Illinois .........: 1,023.8 1,007.6 294,187 289,539 287 287 Indiana ..........: 781.7 791.6 217,909 228,873 279 289 Iowa .............: 3,552.5 3,396.6 1,024,983 979,288 289 288 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.3 63 79 183 246 Michigan .........: 368.1 406.8 108,846 120,070 296 295 Minnesota ........: 1,015.6 982.6 287,370 275,588 283 281 Mississippi ......: 3.7 3.8 617 660 169 174 : Missouri .........: 773.0 747.8 230,007 220,467 298 295 Montana ..........: 1.9 1.9 489 527 263 277 Nebraska .........: 696.0 688.8 204,379 199,975 294 290 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.1 2.3 840 663 267 294 New Jersey .......: 9.3 8.8 863 864 92 98 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 64 50 259 261 New York .........: 2.4 1.7 604 427 257 249 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.3 87 88 287 281 : Ohio .............: 89.9 86.7 25,746 25,489 287 294 Oklahoma .........: 420.8 516.1 120,911 147,885 287 287 Oregon ...........: 5.3 5.3 1,334 1,372 253 257 Pennsylvania .....: 291.4 275.5 84,657 78,133 291 284 South Carolina ...: 2.7 2.3 626 520 230 229 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 82.1 79.4 36,772 35,777 449 451 Texas ............: 26.0 24.7 4,867 4,639 187 188 Utah .............: 2.4 1.6 620 400 261 253 Virginia .........: 1.1 1.1 356 356 322 316 : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: 0.9 0.6 266 187 292 309 Wisconsin ........: 68.1 59.7 28,977 24,601 427 413 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 68 61 276 288 : United States ....: 11,133.6 10,844.1 3,217,173 3,135,927 289 289 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 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) 0.1 (X) 6 (X) 93 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.8 0.8 84 82 110 108 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 9 11 93 85 California .......: 28.5 21.5 4,047 3,060 142 142 Colorado .........: 39.1 30.2 5,756 4,683 147 155 Delaware-Maryland : 1.8 1.5 168 145 95 96 Florida ..........: 2.9 2.7 150 145 51 53 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 14 6 135 104 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.2 27 28 128 135 Illinois .........: 6.4 5.9 584 502 91 85 Indiana ..........: 6.7 5.9 667 624 100 105 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.2 24 29 125 122 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.4 40 39 105 109 Kentucky .........: 1.4 0.8 141 82 103 104 Louisiana ........: 0.7 0.7 40 45 58 62 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.8 0.6 58 45 74 80 Mississippi ......: 0.2 0.2 12 11 70 66 : Missouri .........: 0.7 1.4 54 111 80 78 Montana ..........: 0.6 0.6 81 76 128 138 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 4.7 4.7 425 460 90 97 New Jersey .......: 14.8 13.2 1,203 1,090 81 82 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.4 75 48 128 132 New York .........: 6.3 5.8 535 566 85 98 North Carolina ...: 3.4 5.2 213 335 62 64 North Dakota .....: (Y) 0.1 (X) 16 (X) 126 : Ohio .............: 3.9 5.4 587 865 152 159 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.5 4.3 652 644 144 148 Pennsylvania .....: 12.1 11.4 1,179 1,116 98 98 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 29 28 118 115 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 22.0 23.8 2,222 2,551 101 107 Utah .............: 1.5 1.3 202 165 133 132 Virginia .........: 1.3 1.1 89 91 69 80 : Washington .......: 1.2 1.2 153 155 133 135 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.5 1.1 184 130 125 118 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.2 17 23 131 133 : United States ....: 189.9 173.6 22,016 20,419 116 118 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 :----------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head --------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,209.2 1,347.5 1,204.2 13,877.7 13,990.1 45.1 48.1 47.7 46.8 48.6 Heifers ..........: 856.9 910.9 831.4 9,236.3 9,174.4 32.0 32.5 33.0 31.1 31.9 All cows .........: 570.7 496.9 446.7 6,075.7 5,140.3 21.3 17.7 17.7 20.5 17.9 Dairy cows .......: 229.7 235.6 210.3 2,851.4 2,501.0 8.6 8.4 8.3 9.6 8.7 Other cows .......: 341.0 261.3 236.4 3,224.4 2,639.3 12.7 9.3 9.4 10.9 9.2 Bulls ............: 44.4 46.1 40.7 494.3 457.1 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 : Total ............: 2,681.3 2,801.5 2,523.0 29,684.1 28,762.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 23.4 16.3 14.9 263.8 188.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,799.8 11,553.1 10,538.3 113,347.2 115,189.3 97.4 97.5 97.6 97.2 97.3 Sows .............: 257.9 274.8 239.3 2,929.5 2,897.6 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.4 Boars ............: 24.8 25.6 20.7 281.5 266.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 11,082.6 11,853.5 10,798.2 116,558.3 118,352.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 10.4 10.6 9.4 107.5 117.1 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.7 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 158.0 157.8 140.7 1,571.6 1,622.5 93.8 93.7 93.7 93.6 93.3 : Total ............: 168.4 168.4 150.2 1,679.2 1,739.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to November Class : November : October : November :----------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 840 868 868 823 851 Steers 1/ ...............: 935 955 956 905 929 Heifers 1/ ..............: 851 864 866 827 846 All cows 1/ .............: 619 634 631 627 640 Bulls 1/ ................: 851 889 889 871 900 : Calves and vealers ... : 178 194 200 163 190 : Hogs ................. : 215 214 215 213 214 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 213 212 214 211 212 Sows 2/ .................: 297 299 298 299 298 Boars 2/ ................: 196 222 223 191 223 : Sheep ................ : 60 61 61 62 62 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 65 63 64 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 60 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: November 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 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 2 ............: 6.8 2.1 1.9 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.4 2.5 3 ............: 87.3 36.2 5.5 40.0 27.8 12.2 5.6 6.3 4 ............: 58.9 5.7 2.4 45.0 11.7 33.3 5.8 0.3 5 ............: 257.2 121.1 (D) 93.9 56.3 37.7 (D) 3.2 6 ............: 437.7 172.0 162.2 95.1 28.1 67.0 8.4 (D) 7 ............:1,117.5 622.2 (D) 44.8 4.4 40.4 (D) 0.1 8 ............: 271.0 137.7 (D) 20.8 7.1 13.7 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 142.3 59.9 21.6 59.6 48.5 11.1 1.2 (D) 10 ...........: 141.6 46.1 48.5 44.5 24.3 20.1 2.4 (D) : United States :2,523.0 1,204.2 831.4 446.7 210.3 236.4 40.7 14.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.0 2.0 (Y) (Y) 4.6 0.2 4.4 2 ............: 10.5 10.4 0.1 (Y) 18.5 1.6 16.9 3 ............: 277.4 277.1 (D) (D) 15.1 1.4 13.7 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 10.3 0.9 9.5 5 ............: 3,314.8 3,217.0 93.8 4.0 25.1 1.4 23.7 6 ............: 537.6 537.2 0.4 0.1 18.1 0.5 17.7 7 ............: 4,839.7 4,763.2 65.1 11.4 1.6 (Y) 1.6 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.2 (Y) 31.3 0.7 30.6 9 ............: 79.8 79.7 (Y) (Y) 20.7 2.5 18.1 10 ...........: 17.6 17.6 (Y) (Y) 4.7 0.2 4.5 : United States :10,798.2 10,538.3 239.3 20.7 150.2 9.4 140.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 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 ............: 28.8 12.3 8.1 5.6 3.1 2.5 2.9 1.5 2 ............: 83.0 24.0 22.4 33.1 27.3 5.8 3.5 31.4 3 ............: 1,019.4 420.2 51.1 486.7 355.2 131.6 61.3 77.0 4 ............: 749.1 57.6 27.0 584.4 142.0 442.4 80.1 4.0 5 ............: 2,774.7 1,334.8 (D) 984.0 632.2 351.8 (D) 39.1 6 ............: 5,042.9 2,156.8 1,746.9 1,035.8 316.6 719.2 103.4 (D) 7 ............:12,704.8 7,038.0 (D) 603.1 56.3 546.8 (D) 0.6 8 ............: 3,111.9 1,671.4 (D) 237.0 81.6 155.4 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 1,661.6 672.6 273.1 694.3 583.0 111.3 21.6 (D) 10 ...........: 1,585.8 602.5 481.7 476.4 303.8 172.6 25.2 (D) : United States :28,762.0 13,990.1 9,174.4 5,140.3 2,501.0 2,639.3 457.1 188.2 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 23.7 23.3 0.2 0.2 49.8 2.3 47.5 2 ............: 113.9 113.1 0.7 0.1 222.5 20.4 202.1 3 ............: 3,156.7 3,153.9 (D) (D) 168.1 21.3 146.8 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 123.0 11.2 111.8 5 ............: 36,204.3 34,943.5 1,209.3 51.5 285.7 17.3 268.4 6 ............: 5,617.4 5,614.8 1.9 0.7 209.5 8.0 201.4 7 ............: 52,861.3 51,900.7 807.0 153.6 14.9 0.3 14.5 8 ............: (D) (D) 3.9 0.3 371.2 8.6 362.6 9 ............: 865.1 864.7 0.3 0.1 241.5 25.4 216.2 10 ...........: 197.7 197.2 0.4 0.1 53.4 2.2 51.2 : United States :118,352.8 115,189.3 2,897.6 266.0 1,739.6 117.1 1,622.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 :------------------------ : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.3 98.0 98.2 98.1 98.2 Calves .......: 96.9 95.3 95.6 97.3 96.2 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 88.7 86.5 86.5 84.7 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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