Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released September 19, 2024, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Commercial Red Meat Production Down 2 Percent from Last Year August 2023 contained 23 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. August 2024 contained 22 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.59 billion pounds in August, down 2 percent from the 4.68 billion pounds produced in August 2023. Beef production, at 2.29 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.70 million head, down 7 percent from August 2023. The average live weight was up 37 pounds from the previous year, at 1,388 pounds. Veal production totaled 3.1 million pounds, 26 percent below August a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 17,000 head, down 36 percent from August 2023. The average live weight was up 40 pounds from last year, at 313 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.29 billion pounds, down slightly from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.9 million head, down 2 percent from August 2023. The average live weight was up 4 pounds from the previous year, at 282 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 10.5 million pounds, was down 1 percent from August 2023. Sheep slaughter totaled 176,400 head, 4 percent below last year. The average live weight was 117 pounds, up 4 pounds from August a year ago. January to August 2024 commercial red meat production was 36.4 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2023. Accumulated beef production was down 1 percent from last year, veal was down 14 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: August 2023 and 2024.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: August 2023 and 2024............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: August 2023 and 2024............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: August 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: August 2024................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to August 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : August 2024 as % of : January to August : August : July : August :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : August : July : : :2024 as % : : : : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,364.5 2,286.8 2,288.6 97 100 18,007.4 17,900.8 99 Veal .............: 4.2 3.3 3.1 74 94 32.1 27.6 86 Pork .............: 2,295.7 2,252.8 2,289.9 100 102 17,967.5 18,350.3 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.6 11.3 10.5 99 93 87.0 88.8 102 : Total red meat ...: 4,675.0 4,554.3 4,592.1 98 101 36,094.0 36,367.6 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : August 2024 as % of : January to August : August : July : August :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : August : July : : :2024 as % : : : : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,329.5 2,255.9 2,256.6 97 100 17,725.8 17,635.4 99 Veal .............: 4.1 3.2 3.0 73 93 31.1 26.5 85 Pork .............: 2,282.4 2,242.5 2,278.4 100 102 17,885.0 18,272.4 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 8.9 10.0 9.2 102 92 76.3 79.1 104 : Total red meat ...: 4,625.0 4,511.7 4,547.2 98 101 35,718.2 36,013.4 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : August : January to August : August : July : August : 2024 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : of 2023 : : : 2024 as % : : : : : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,840.9 2,678.8 2,657.1 94 21,675.2 20,914.6 96 Other ................1,000: 50.4 43.6 45.2 90 411.9 379.2 92 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,891.3 2,722.4 2,702.3 93 22,087.1 21,293.8 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,353 1,382 1,391 103 1,360 1,391 102 Other ...............pounds: 1,217 1,226 1,227 101 1,214 1,223 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,351 1,380 1,388 103 1,357 1,388 102 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 25.9 17.1 16.3 63 197.2 141.6 72 Other ................1,000: 0.8 0.5 0.7 90 5.1 5.3 103 Commercial ...........1,000: 26.6 17.6 17.0 64 202.3 146.9 73 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 270 320 311 115 270 318 118 Other ...............pounds: 353 368 372 105 359 379 105 Commercial ..........pounds: 273 322 313 115 272 320 117 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 11,057.3 10,626.3 10,843.6 98 83,678.2 85,235.6 102 Other ................1,000: 67.9 54.3 60.7 89 417.5 406.5 97 Commercial ...........1,000: 11,125.2 10,680.6 10,904.2 98 84,095.6 85,642.1 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 278 283 282 101 287 288 100 Other ...............pounds: 269 260 260 97 272 264 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 278 283 282 101 287 288 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 150.9 160.6 151.2 100 1,203.7 1,268.9 105 Other ................1,000: 33.6 24.5 25.2 75 220.9 187.9 85 Commercial ...........1,000: 184.5 185.1 176.4 96 1,424.6 1,456.8 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 117 122 119 102 125 123 98 Other ...............pounds: 97 105 103 106 97 102 105 Commercial ..........pounds: 113 120 117 103 121 120 99 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 44.4 47.3 48.1 108 340.6 369.9 109 Other ................1,000: 9.9 8.7 10.5 105 64.8 75.6 117 Commercial ...........1,000: 54.4 56.0 58.6 108 405.4 445.5 110 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 64 64 100 64 63 98 Other ...............pounds: 86 84 87 102 87 83 95 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 67 68 101 68 67 98 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.2 6.6 5.8 93 50.6 53.2 105 Other ................1,000: 0.2 0.3 0.3 106 2.2 2.1 92 Commercial ...........1,000: 6.5 6.9 6.0 93 52.8 55.2 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : August : July : August : August 2024 as : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : % of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.4 0.9 0.9 63 Alaska ................: (Y) (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 42.6 41.9 39.2 92 Arkansas ..............: 0.6 0.6 0.5 79 California ............: 111.4 95.1 94.3 85 Colorado ..............: 177.6 182.9 191.6 108 Delaware-Maryland .....: 3.0 2.8 2.7 88 Florida ...............: 6.7 5.9 6.4 95 Georgia ...............: 14.7 11.0 11.5 78 Hawaii ................: 0.8 0.8 0.8 97 : Idaho .................: 40.4 46.5 46.6 115 Illinois ..............: 276.4 274.4 279.2 101 Indiana ...............: 165.0 159.0 162.6 99 Iowa ..................: 765.1 749.7 743.6 97 Kansas ................: 513.9 487.9 508.9 99 Kentucky ..............: 57.4 52.3 52.3 91 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.4 0.3 100 Michigan ..............: 114.1 127.5 127.4 112 Minnesota .............: 234.1 228.7 234.5 100 Mississippi ...........: 0.7 0.8 0.8 105 : Missouri ..............: 175.4 163.0 166.8 95 Montana ...............: 2.0 1.7 1.9 92 Nebraska ..............: 661.1 659.9 660.9 100 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 104 New England 1/ ........: 3.0 2.7 2.7 91 New Jersey ............: 4.1 4.3 4.2 101 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 102 New York ..............: 3.5 2.6 2.6 75 North Carolina ........: 228.9 200.8 211.9 93 North Dakota ..........: 0.7 0.7 0.6 82 : Ohio ..................: 26.8 25.9 26.4 98 Oklahoma ..............: 100.6 108.5 109.2 109 Oregon ................: 2.9 2.5 2.5 88 Pennsylvania ..........: 135.2 132.0 134.3 99 South Carolina ........: 17.3 15.8 16.3 94 South Dakota ..........: 120.7 118.2 122.0 101 Tennessee .............: 29.0 26.0 23.9 82 Texas .................: 396.5 397.7 377.8 95 Utah ..................: 50.6 49.1 50.1 99 Virginia ..............: 1.3 1.1 1.1 85 : Washington ............: 82.1 76.8 76.0 93 West Virginia .........: 1.0 0.8 0.9 91 Wisconsin .............: 104.6 93.9 94.5 90 Wyoming ...............: 0.9 1.0 1.1 115 : United States .........: 4,675.0 4,554.3 4,592.1 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: August 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 ..........: 1.1 0.8 1,226 848 1,105 1,108 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 57 (X) 1,123 Arizona ..........: 47.9 44.2 68,268 62,944 1,426 1,427 Arkansas .........: 0.9 0.7 915 729 1,049 1,034 California .......: 129.4 104.1 172,066 139,587 1,339 1,349 Colorado .........: 202.0 209.6 277,250 298,241 1,374 1,424 Delaware-Maryland : 3.1 2.6 4,318 3,715 1,416 1,420 Florida ..........: 10.7 10.1 12,632 12,565 1,181 1,243 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.1 1.1 1,288 1,238 1,191 1,162 : Idaho ............: 54.9 (D) 69,428 (D) 1,271 (D) Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.6 7.4 5,558 8,728 1,208 1,179 Iowa .............: 51.3 46.3 69,258 63,603 1,350 1,373 Kansas ...........: 583.1 553.2 791,345 779,331 1,357 1,409 Kentucky .........: 6.8 6.1 7,492 7,118 1,105 1,171 Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.5 465 520 851 1,015 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.6 0.6 527 582 883 1,010 : Missouri .........: 30.1 4.4 35,355 5,381 1,180 1,214 Montana ..........: 2.1 1.9 2,649 2,371 1,247 1,269 Nebraska .........: 597.4 571.4 841,392 821,212 1,410 1,439 Nevada ...........: 0.1 0.1 84 94 1,257 1,160 New England 1/ ...: 3.2 2.9 3,846 3,531 1,195 1,202 New Jersey .......: 4.5 4.8 5,118 5,473 1,140 1,151 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 518 540 1,058 1,164 New York .........: 4.1 2.7 4,922 3,378 1,210 1,252 North Carolina ...: 8.3 7.3 10,189 8,980 1,236 1,239 North Dakota .....: 0.9 0.8 1,192 956 1,294 1,261 : Ohio .............: 6.9 6.5 9,137 8,584 1,327 1,327 Oklahoma .........: 5.1 7.5 5,849 8,737 1,150 1,182 Oregon ...........: 2.1 1.6 2,584 1,967 1,236 1,231 Pennsylvania .....: 96.1 94.4 120,449 120,441 1,259 1,282 South Carolina ...: 25.8 23.5 33,853 31,903 1,319 1,362 South Dakota .....: 37.5 39.0 53,425 56,762 1,431 1,460 Tennessee ........: 4.1 3.4 4,072 3,425 1,002 1,009 Texas ............: 502.6 461.7 648,715 617,041 1,294 1,340 Utah .............: 56.6 54.6 78,911 77,996 1,396 1,429 Virginia .........: 1.6 1.3 1,702 1,363 1,046 1,054 : Washington .......: 93.0 86.0 132,573 122,742 1,429 1,431 West Virginia ....: 1.2 1.0 1,353 1,222 1,158 1,215 Wisconsin ........: 113.9 101.2 157,124 139,902 1,388 1,389 Wyoming ..........: 1.1 1.1 1,252 1,396 1,184 1,237 : United States ....: 2,891.3 2,702.3 3,896,545 3,743,636 1,351 1,388 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: August 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 32 488 414 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.3 0.1 120 54 426 388 Indiana ..........: 0.7 0.4 300 184 444 415 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/ ...: 0.1 0.1 29 24 219 214 New Jersey .......: 1.3 1.1 498 429 377 380 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: 3.3 (D) 298 (D) 91 (D) North Carolina ...: 0.2 0.2 41 55 218 349 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 4.9 3.1 1,042 1,084 214 352 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.0 6.2 3,068 2,699 438 434 South Carolina ...: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Texas ............: 0.2 0.1 82 49 411 479 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.1 (D) 39 (D) 282 (D) : Washington .......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) West Virginia ....: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.9 (Y) 915 (X) 479 (X) Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 26.6 17.0 7,220 5,303 273 313 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: August 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 1.4 1,054 581 424 403 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 32 17 240 281 Arizona ..........: 0.2 0.1 32 29 211 254 Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.3 110 79 261 262 California .......: 84.0 83.7 18,480 19,172 221 229 Colorado .........: 4.1 3.6 697 655 169 179 Delaware-Maryland : 2.0 1.9 537 521 271 274 Florida ..........: 8.4 5.6 766 559 91 99 Georgia ..........: 5.0 5.0 1,343 1,340 269 266 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 33 39 249 277 : Idaho ............: 11.9 12.1 2,854 3,021 239 250 Illinois .........: 1,002.4 1,021.5 280,405 286,373 280 280 Indiana ..........: 789.0 757.7 215,554 210,717 273 278 Iowa .............: 3,541.7 3,349.8 978,217 949,322 276 283 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.2 0.2 46 36 229 239 Michigan .........: 348.1 405.3 98,323 116,382 282 287 Minnesota ........: 1,014.6 1,011.8 276,398 279,690 272 276 Mississippi ......: 3.2 3.2 565 568 175 175 : Missouri .........: 742.9 759.7 210,720 217,657 284 287 Montana ..........: 2.0 1.9 538 513 269 265 Nebraska .........: 654.9 693.1 183,488 198,288 280 286 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.2 2.6 833 667 258 253 New Jersey .......: 8.4 7.6 860 819 103 107 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.3 104 88 230 263 New York .........: 2.2 1.8 536 432 241 235 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.3 77 88 286 290 : Ohio .............: 99.2 95.9 28,003 27,581 283 288 Oklahoma .........: 483.6 498.5 129,092 137,419 267 276 Oregon ...........: 5.9 5.6 1,431 1,383 241 250 Pennsylvania .....: 302.1 301.1 83,615 82,080 277 273 South Carolina ...: 2.0 1.7 498 415 245 251 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 88.8 74.3 40,082 32,969 452 444 Texas ............: 23.4 22.5 4,334 4,173 185 186 Utah .............: 2.8 2.3 634 567 228 242 Virginia .........: 1.0 1.0 299 301 295 295 : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: 1.2 0.9 310 232 267 271 Wisconsin ........: 72.1 70.8 31,095 29,486 432 417 Wyoming ..........: 0.9 1.0 197 249 226 255 : United States ....: 11,125.2 10,904.2 3,091,917 3,074,240 278 282 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: August 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 ..........: 0.1 0.1 7 12 72 93 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.7 0.8 79 87 107 103 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 8 12 116 91 California .......: 24.4 21.3 3,412 3,121 140 147 Colorado .........: 31.6 30.2 4,572 4,614 145 153 Delaware-Maryland : 1.8 1.7 170 163 94 97 Florida ..........: 2.9 2.9 148 149 52 52 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.1 25 16 135 126 : Idaho ............: 0.4 0.3 46 45 127 144 Illinois .........: 7.6 6.9 648 583 85 84 Indiana ..........: 6.8 5.7 690 586 101 102 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.2 29 24 136 119 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.4 43 45 109 111 Kentucky .........: 1.5 1.0 161 107 109 103 Louisiana ........: 0.8 0.8 45 44 58 58 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.7 0.5 51 40 76 78 Mississippi ......: 0.1 0.2 9 15 69 69 : Missouri .........: 0.9 1.3 90 109 100 86 Montana ..........: 0.5 0.4 54 51 120 136 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 12 15 142 136 Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 3.5 4.1 333 386 95 95 New Jersey .......: 15.7 13.8 1,284 1,128 82 82 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 66 60 125 131 New York .........: 5.7 5.7 489 562 86 98 North Carolina ...: 2.5 4.4 159 291 63 67 North Dakota .....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) : Ohio .............: 4.1 6.0 627 903 152 151 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.5 4.3 627 635 140 149 Pennsylvania .....: 11.0 9.6 1,089 959 99 100 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.3 0.2 36 29 120 123 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 25.9 25.9 2,535 2,699 98 104 Utah .............: 1.8 1.6 235 206 133 128 Virginia .........: 1.1 1.2 78 88 73 75 : Washington .......: 1.1 1.5 148 204 133 134 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 2.7 1.5 365 186 134 124 Wyoming ..........: 0.3 0.2 41 29 150 158 : United States ....: 184.5 176.4 20,898 20,587 113 117 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 August : : : : January to August Class : August : July : August :-----------------------: August : July : August :----------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,359.2 1,360.2 1,342.1 10,187.8 10,194.8 47.8 50.8 50.5 47.0 48.7 Heifers ..........: 874.0 817.0 820.3 6,720.7 6,630.1 30.8 30.5 30.9 31.0 31.7 All cows .........: 556.2 456.7 449.5 4,415.2 3,762.5 19.6 17.1 16.9 20.4 18.0 Dairy cows .......: 275.2 225.9 231.3 2,138.3 1,845.3 9.7 8.4 8.7 9.9 8.8 Other cows .......: 281.0 230.9 218.2 2,276.9 1,917.2 9.9 8.6 8.2 10.5 9.2 Bulls ............: 51.5 44.9 45.2 351.5 327.2 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 : Total ............: 2,840.9 2,678.8 2,657.1 21,675.2 20,914.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 25.9 17.1 16.3 197.2 141.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,735.9 10,342.7 10,567.3 81,337.3 82,899.3 97.1 97.3 97.5 97.2 97.3 Sows .............: 293.8 259.0 249.9 2,136.8 2,139.9 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.5 Boars ............: 27.7 24.6 26.4 204.0 196.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 11,057.3 10,626.3 10,843.6 83,678.2 85,235.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 9.8 11.5 11.1 76.1 86.8 6.5 7.2 7.3 6.3 6.8 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 141.1 149.1 140.1 1,127.6 1,182.1 93.5 92.8 92.7 93.7 93.2 : Total ............: 150.9 160.6 151.2 1,203.7 1,268.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to August Class : August : July : August :----------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 822 844 851 820 845 Steers 1/ ...............: 903 917 930 897 920 Heifers 1/ ..............: 818 834 840 822 840 All cows 1/ .............: 621 635 628 632 642 Bulls 1/ ................: 876 915 907 874 903 : Calves and vealers ... : 159 191 185 159 189 : Hogs ................. : 206 211 210 214 214 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 204 209 208 212 212 Sows 2/ .................: 300 298 296 299 298 Boars 2/ ................: 185 231 223 192 224 : Sheep ................ : 59 62 61 63 62 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 66 65 62 64 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 59 62 61 63 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: August 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 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 2 ............: 7.4 2.5 1.9 2.6 2.2 0.5 0.3 2.6 3 ............: 97.3 38.9 5.0 47.1 34.7 12.4 6.2 6.5 4 ............: 70.3 4.9 2.4 56.0 14.2 41.8 6.9 0.4 5 ............: 254.4 129.5 (D) 84.0 59.3 24.7 (D) 3.5 6 ............: 463.9 194.2 165.3 94.3 29.3 65.1 10.1 (D) 7 ............:1,165.4 668.3 (D) 43.3 4.5 38.8 (D) (Y) 8 ............: 302.4 173.4 (D) 20.5 8.4 12.1 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 148.8 63.8 23.1 59.7 51.6 8.1 2.1 (D) 10 ...........: 144.6 65.3 35.0 41.4 27.0 14.5 2.9 (D) : United States :2,657.1 1,342.1 820.3 449.5 231.3 218.2 45.2 16.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.4 2.3 (Y) (Y) 4.0 0.1 3.9 2 ............: 9.4 9.3 0.1 (Y) 19.1 1.8 17.3 3 ............: 302.7 302.5 (D) (D) 13.3 1.6 11.7 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 10.5 1.1 9.4 5 ............: 3,332.7 3,221.3 106.0 5.4 25.6 1.5 24.1 6 ............: 518.4 518.2 0.1 0.1 20.5 1.1 19.3 7 ............: 4,813.0 4,728.9 69.0 15.1 1.4 (Y) 1.4 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.2 (Y) 31.4 0.9 30.6 9 ............: 79.9 79.9 (Y) (Y) 20.7 2.6 18.1 10 ...........: 18.4 18.4 (Y) (Y) 4.7 0.2 4.5 : United States :10,843.6 10,567.3 249.9 26.4 151.2 11.1 140.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 - Regions and United States: January to August 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 ............: 20.3 8.4 5.8 4.0 2.3 1.7 2.1 1.1 2 ............: 61.6 17.2 16.5 25.6 21.4 4.2 2.3 23.7 3 ............: 744.5 302.6 36.1 361.5 268.1 93.4 44.3 58.4 4 ............: 559.6 41.0 19.6 438.6 106.4 332.2 60.4 2.9 5 ............: 1,994.9 963.9 (D) 704.7 457.4 247.3 (D) 28.8 6 ............: 3,663.3 1,601.7 1,248.8 738.0 235.5 502.4 74.8 (D) 7 ............: 9,233.2 5,090.8 (D) 464.1 43.3 420.8 (D) 0.4 8 ............: 2,267.1 1,220.4 (D) 176.1 58.6 117.5 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 1,222.9 496.8 203.6 505.5 425.3 80.1 17.0 (D) 10 ...........: 1,147.3 452.0 333.2 344.5 226.9 117.5 17.6 (D) : United States :20,914.6 10,194.8 6,630.1 3,762.5 1,845.3 1,917.2 327.2 141.6 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 16.1 15.8 0.2 0.1 36.0 1.7 34.3 2 ............: 81.9 81.4 0.4 0.1 165.0 15.6 149.4 3 ............: 2,282.1 2,280.0 (D) (D) 120.8 16.3 104.5 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 91.3 8.3 83.0 5 ............: 25,980.8 25,043.3 899.9 37.5 207.2 13.1 194.1 6 ............: 4,046.6 4,045.1 1.0 0.5 150.3 6.0 144.2 7 ............: 38,110.0 37,387.4 606.9 115.7 9.8 0.2 9.7 8 ............: (D) (D) 3.6 0.2 272.5 6.5 266.0 9 ............: 621.0 620.7 0.2 0.1 177.2 17.5 159.7 10 ...........: 142.5 142.1 0.3 0.1 38.8 1.5 37.2 : United States : 85,235.6 82,899.3 2,139.9 196.4 1,268.9 86.8 1,182.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 August Species : August : July : August :------------------------ : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.3 98.4 98.3 98.1 98.2 Calves .......: 97.2 97.0 96.0 97.5 96.4 Hogs .........: 99.4 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 81.8 86.8 85.7 84.5 87.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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