Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released September 25, 2025, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Veal Production at All-Time Record Low in August August 2024 contained 22 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. August 2025 contained 21 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.15 billion pounds in August, down 10 percent from the 4.59 billion pounds produced in August 2024. Beef production, at 2.02 billion pounds, was 12 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.33 million head, down 14 percent from August 2024. The average live weight was up 25 pounds from the previous year, at 1,413 pounds. Veal production totaled 1.9 million pounds, 38 percent below August a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 9,400 head, down 45 percent from August 2024. The average live weight was up 39 pounds from last year, at 353 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.12 billion pounds, down 8 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.1 million head, down 7 percent from August 2024. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 280 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 10.0 million pounds, was down 5 percent from August 2024. Sheep slaughter totaled 174,900 head, 1 percent below last year. The average live weight was 112 pounds, down 5 pounds from August a year ago. January to August 2025 commercial red meat production was 35.2 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 2024. Accumulated beef production was down 4 percent from last year, veal was down 38 percent, pork was down 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 3 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 2024 and 2025.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: August 2024 and 2025............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: August 2024 and 2025............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: August 2024 and 2025.. 10 Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States............... 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States......... 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: August 2025................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to August 2025..... 13 Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States... 13 Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates.......................... 14 Statistical Methodology............................................................... 15 Information Contacts.................................................................. 16 Commercial Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : August 2025 as % of : January to August : August : July : August :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : August : July : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,288.7 2,185.0 2,016.6 88 92 17,895.0 17,197.4 96 Veal .............: 3.1 2.1 1.9 62 92 27.6 17.0 62 Pork .............: 2,290.2 2,158.5 2,116.5 92 98 18,349.4 17,937.4 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.5 11.1 10.0 95 90 88.9 91.2 103 : Total red meat ...: 4,592.5 4,356.7 4,145.1 90 95 36,360.9 35,243.1 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : August 2025 as % of : January to August : August : July : August :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : August : July : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,256.1 2,154.8 1,985.9 88 92 17,634.9 16,940.6 96 Veal .............: 3.0 2.0 1.9 62 91 26.5 16.2 61 Pork .............: 2,278.5 2,148.6 2,106.0 92 98 18,272.3 17,865.2 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.2 9.8 8.7 95 89 79.1 81.0 102 : Total red meat ...: 4,546.8 4,315.2 4,102.5 90 95 36,012.9 34,902.9 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : August : January to August : August : July : August : 2025 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : of 2024 : : : 2025 as % : : : : : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,656.2 2,494.1 2,290.3 86 20,913.7 19,480.3 93 Other ................1,000: 46.3 42.2 42.9 93 375.1 360.8 96 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,702.6 2,536.3 2,333.3 86 21,288.8 19,841.1 93 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,391 1,413 1,416 102 1,391 1,426 103 Other ...............pounds: 1,218 1,238 1,241 102 1,220 1,236 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,388 1,410 1,413 102 1,388 1,423 102 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 16.3 9.6 9.0 55 141.6 81.3 57 Other ................1,000: 0.7 0.4 0.4 65 5.4 4.2 77 Commercial ...........1,000: 17.0 9.9 9.4 55 147.1 85.5 58 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 311 357 350 113 318 338 106 Other ...............pounds: 372 412 404 109 378 398 105 Commercial ..........pounds: 314 359 353 112 320 341 107 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,843.8 10,215.9 10,070.8 93 85,235.6 83,230.9 98 Other ................1,000: 62.3 52.6 55.7 89 405.4 379.3 94 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,906.1 10,268.5 10,126.5 93 85,641.0 83,610.2 98 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 282 282 281 99 288 288 100 Other ...............pounds: 258 259 258 100 262 261 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 282 282 280 99 288 288 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 151.2 162.1 150.1 99 1,269.0 1,285.9 101 Other ................1,000: 25.3 27.1 24.8 98 190.0 201.3 106 Commercial ...........1,000: 176.5 189.2 174.9 99 1,459.0 1,487.2 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 119 119 114 96 123 124 101 Other ...............pounds: 104 95 101 97 102 100 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 117 115 112 96 120 121 101 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 48.1 42.5 42.7 89 370.0 342.5 93 Other ................1,000: 10.4 8.3 9.3 90 74.4 71.2 96 Commercial ...........1,000: 58.5 50.7 52.1 89 444.3 413.7 93 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 64 64 100 63 65 102 Other ...............pounds: 87 80 81 93 83 82 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 67 67 99 67 68 101 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 5.8 5.5 4.6 80 53.2 42.1 79 Other ................1,000: 0.3 0.2 0.2 71 2.2 2.1 95 Commercial ...........1,000: 6.1 5.8 4.8 79 55.4 44.2 80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2025 as : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : % of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 0.9 1.0 0.9 110 Alaska ................: (Y) 0.1 0.1 (X) Arizona ...............: 39.2 42.5 36.5 93 Arkansas ..............: 0.5 0.4 0.4 89 California ............: 93.7 84.2 75.3 80 Colorado ..............: 191.6 182.2 171.9 90 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.7 2.1 1.9 73 Florida ...............: 6.4 4.0 4.4 69 Georgia ...............: 11.5 8.0 7.8 67 Hawaii ................: 0.8 0.8 0.7 95 : Idaho .................: 46.5 50.0 47.0 101 Illinois ..............: 279.3 258.1 252.2 90 Indiana ...............: 163.0 151.1 149.5 92 Iowa ..................: 743.8 703.5 680.7 92 Kansas ................: 508.9 473.9 430.7 85 Kentucky ..............: 52.3 52.9 49.9 95 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.4 0.3 96 Michigan ..............: 127.4 126.8 122.2 96 Minnesota .............: 234.5 218.6 214.5 91 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.8 0.7 92 : Missouri ..............: 166.8 158.2 159.1 95 Montana ...............: 2.2 1.9 2.0 91 Nebraska ..............: 660.6 623.8 594.9 90 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 154 New England 1/ ........: 2.7 2.6 2.5 92 New Jersey ............: 4.2 4.5 4.3 103 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 87 New York ..............: 2.6 2.5 2.6 100 North Carolina ........: 211.9 200.8 199.9 94 North Dakota ..........: 0.6 0.7 0.6 101 : Ohio ..................: 26.5 23.7 24.0 91 Oklahoma ..............: 109.2 107.9 98.6 90 Oregon ................: 2.6 2.6 2.4 93 Pennsylvania ..........: 134.3 126.1 121.3 90 South Carolina ........: 16.3 12.7 12.1 75 South Dakota ..........: 122.0 113.1 108.6 89 Tennessee .............: 23.9 26.1 23.6 99 Texas .................: 378.0 368.7 335.9 89 Utah ..................: 50.1 48.2 46.6 93 Virginia ..............: 1.1 1.0 1.1 96 : Washington ............: 76.0 76.1 72.6 96 West Virginia .........: 1.0 0.6 0.7 69 Wisconsin .............: 94.3 91.8 82.7 88 Wyoming ...............: 1.1 1.0 0.9 88 : United States .........: 4,592.5 4,356.7 4,145.1 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 0.8 0.7 844 799 1,103 1,148 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 60 79 1,128 1,213 Arizona ..........: 44.2 (D) 62,944 (D) 1,427 (D) Arkansas .........: 0.7 0.6 729 617 1,034 1,064 California .......: 103.1 76.4 138,295 107,157 1,350 1,413 Colorado .........: 209.6 185.5 298,241 270,462 1,424 1,460 Delaware-Maryland : 2.6 1.8 3,715 2,534 1,420 1,397 Florida ..........: 10.1 (D) 12,565 (D) 1,243 (D) Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.1 1.0 1,238 1,184 1,162 1,152 : Idaho ............: (D) 57.2 (D) 78,342 (D) 1,378 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 7.9 9.4 9,290 11,617 1,179 1,249 Iowa .............: 46.4 39.8 63,707 55,182 1,373 1,388 Kansas ...........: 553.2 456.6 779,331 656,960 1,409 1,439 Kentucky .........: 6.1 6.5 7,118 7,723 1,171 1,205 Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.5 520 474 1,015 1,003 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.6 0.4 582 417 1,010 1,008 : Missouri .........: 4.4 14.4 5,374 18,636 1,217 1,304 Montana ..........: 2.3 2.0 2,833 2,531 1,254 1,275 Nebraska .........: 571.2 501.2 820,778 729,421 1,438 1,457 Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 94 (D) 1,160 (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.0 2.7 3,554 3,286 1,202 1,240 New Jersey .......: 4.8 4.6 5,473 5,286 1,151 1,153 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.4 540 460 1,164 1,167 New York .........: 2.7 2.7 3,365 3,328 1,254 1,243 North Carolina ...: 7.3 (D) 8,983 (D) 1,239 (D) North Dakota .....: 0.7 0.7 932 903 1,264 1,321 : Ohio .............: 6.6 5.8 8,723 7,764 1,326 1,336 Oklahoma .........: 7.5 6.7 8,737 7,846 1,182 1,186 Oregon ...........: 1.6 1.3 1,962 1,655 1,231 1,252 Pennsylvania .....: 94.4 84.3 120,386 110,596 1,282 1,317 South Carolina ...: 23.5 17.4 31,903 23,621 1,362 1,367 South Dakota .....: 39.0 25.1 56,762 38,793 1,460 1,545 Tennessee ........: 3.4 3.1 3,448 3,116 1,011 1,023 Texas ............: 462.1 401.0 617,417 544,152 1,339 1,360 Utah .............: 54.6 (D) 78,006 (D) 1,429 (D) Virginia .........: 1.3 1.2 1,393 1,381 1,053 1,109 : Washington .......: 86.0 79.1 122,742 115,577 1,431 1,465 West Virginia ....: 1.1 0.6 1,285 765 1,211 1,181 Wisconsin ........: 101.1 88.5 139,710 122,194 1,389 1,389 Wyoming ..........: 1.1 1.0 1,373 1,264 1,239 1,207 : United States ....: 2,702.6 2,333.3 3,743,543 3,289,556 1,388 1,413 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: August 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Arizona ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arkansas .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) California .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: (D) 0.1 (D) 45 (D) 391 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 32 24 414 434 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 51 56 386 391 Indiana ..........: 0.4 (D) 184 (D) 415 (D) Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Mississippi ......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) : Missouri .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.1 0.1 24 18 214 212 New Jersey .......: 1.1 1.5 429 580 380 380 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Carolina ...: 0.2 0.1 55 20 349 344 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 3.1 (D) 1,084 (D) 354 (D) Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 6.2 3.8 2,694 1,591 435 418 South Carolina ...: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Texas ............: 0.1 0.1 49 40 479 478 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 17.0 9.4 5,298 3,302 314 353 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.4 1.7 581 743 403 428 Alaska ...........: 0.1 (Y) 17 (X) 281 (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 29 36 254 246 Arkansas .........: 0.3 0.3 79 89 262 261 California .......: 84.1 83.8 19,222 19,417 229 232 Colorado .........: 3.6 3.3 655 635 179 191 Delaware-Maryland : 1.9 1.9 521 525 274 280 Florida ..........: 5.6 3.9 559 455 99 117 Georgia ..........: 5.1 4.6 1,340 1,264 265 274 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 39 36 277 268 : Idaho ............: 12.1 12.0 3,028 2,992 250 250 Illinois .........: 1,021.7 937.5 286,427 258,175 280 275 Indiana ..........: 758.4 682.9 210,915 190,457 278 279 Iowa .............: 3,350.3 3,084.6 949,446 871,003 283 282 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.2 0.1 36 34 239 230 Michigan .........: 405.3 396.1 116,382 112,413 287 284 Minnesota ........: 1,011.9 935.8 279,719 260,418 276 278 Mississippi ......: 3.3 3.4 576 622 176 181 : Missouri .........: 759.6 699.9 217,639 199,439 287 285 Montana ..........: 2.1 2.1 551 546 266 265 Nebraska .........: 693.3 651.4 198,331 183,484 286 282 Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 2.7 2.1 676 555 253 265 New Jersey .......: 7.6 8.0 819 840 107 104 New Mexico .......: 0.3 0.3 88 66 263 252 New York .........: 1.8 1.8 429 427 235 235 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.3 85 73 291 278 : Ohio .............: 95.8 87.4 27,563 25,530 288 292 Oklahoma .........: 498.5 465.0 137,419 124,453 276 268 Oregon ...........: 5.7 5.6 1,416 1,412 250 250 Pennsylvania .....: 301.2 272.6 82,084 73,153 273 268 South Carolina ...: 1.7 1.6 415 412 251 252 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 74.3 71.7 32,969 32,873 444 459 Texas ............: 22.5 23.3 4,173 4,237 186 182 Utah .............: 2.3 2.6 567 539 242 210 Virginia .........: 1.0 0.9 300 255 297 297 : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: 0.9 0.7 239 198 271 267 Wisconsin ........: 70.1 61.5 29,317 26,008 419 424 Wyoming ..........: 1.0 0.7 249 177 255 250 : United States ....: 10,906.1 10,126.5 3,074,649 2,839,824 282 280 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 0.1 (Y) 12 (X) 96 (X) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.8 0.5 87 66 103 121 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 12 8 91 106 California .......: 21.3 18.8 3,120 2,636 147 140 Colorado .........: 30.2 27.7 4,614 4,149 153 150 Delaware-Maryland : 1.7 1.4 163 143 97 99 Florida ..........: 2.9 2.9 149 145 52 49 Georgia ..........: (D) 3.0 (D) 195 (D) 65 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 16 9 126 132 : Idaho ............: 0.3 0.3 38 39 144 137 Illinois .........: 6.6 6.9 560 584 84 85 Indiana ..........: 5.8 6.1 589 607 102 100 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.2 27 26 130 118 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.4 45 46 111 113 Kentucky .........: 1.0 0.7 107 76 103 103 Louisiana ........: 0.8 0.7 44 38 58 58 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.5 0.7 45 52 82 79 Mississippi ......: 0.2 0.2 15 16 69 78 : Missouri .........: 1.5 1.8 130 132 84 74 Montana ..........: 0.4 0.4 52 52 137 136 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 10 8 121 127 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 4.1 4.2 387 401 95 95 New Jersey .......: 13.8 15.3 1,128 1,319 82 86 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.6 60 84 131 131 New York .........: 5.7 6.4 563 648 98 101 North Carolina ...: 4.4 7.3 291 453 67 62 North Dakota .....: (Y) 0.1 (X) 21 (X) 141 : Ohio .............: 6.2 5.0 933 726 151 146 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.3 4.8 643 701 149 145 Pennsylvania .....: 9.6 9.8 958 986 100 100 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 29 29 123 132 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 25.9 21.5 2,699 1,905 104 89 Utah .............: 1.6 1.5 206 192 128 130 Virginia .........: 1.2 1.0 88 74 75 73 : Washington .......: 1.3 1.2 176 166 134 134 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.5 1.3 197 154 130 117 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 29 25 158 145 : United States ....: 176.5 174.9 20,611 19,634 117 112 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : January to August : : : : January to August Class : August : July : August :-----------------------: August : July : August :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,342.2 1,300.3 1,160.1 10,195.0 9,675.0 50.5 52.1 50.7 48.7 49.7 Heifers ..........: 820.4 744.2 709.0 6,630.1 6,235.9 30.9 29.8 31.0 31.7 32.0 All cows .........: 448.5 410.3 382.6 3,761.5 3,282.0 16.9 16.5 16.7 18.0 16.8 Dairy cows .......: 230.7 225.8 217.4 1,844.7 1,718.8 8.7 9.1 9.5 8.8 8.8 Other cows .......: 217.8 184.5 165.1 1,916.8 1,563.3 8.2 7.4 7.2 9.2 8.0 Bulls ............: 45.2 39.3 38.7 327.2 287.4 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 : Total ............: 2,656.2 2,494.1 2,290.3 20,913.7 19,480.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 16.3 9.6 9.0 141.6 81.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,567.5 9,948.0 9,827.4 82,899.6 81,063.2 97.5 97.4 97.6 97.3 97.4 Sows .............: 249.9 248.6 224.4 2,139.6 1,997.6 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.4 Boars ............: 26.4 19.4 19.1 196.4 170.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,843.8 10,215.9 10,070.8 85,235.6 83,230.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 11.1 11.4 10.5 86.8 83.6 7.3 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.5 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 140.1 150.7 139.6 1,182.2 1,202.3 92.7 93.0 93.0 93.2 93.5 : Total ............: 151.2 162.1 150.1 1,269.0 1,285.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 851 866 869 845 871 Steers 1/ ...............: 930 937 947 920 944 Heifers 1/ ..............: 840 853 859 840 865 All cows 1/ .............: 628 656 645 642 664 Bulls 1/ ................: 907 926 916 903 922 : Calves and vealers ... : 185 212 207 189 200 : Hogs ................. : 210 210 209 214 215 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 208 208 207 212 213 Sows 2/ .................: 296 300 298 298 299 Boars 2/ ................: 223 235 236 224 227 : Sheep ................ : 61 60 58 62 63 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 62 64 63 64 65 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 61 60 58 62 63 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.4 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 2 ............: 7.2 2.2 1.9 2.8 2.2 0.6 0.3 2.1 3 ............: 86.0 34.6 7.0 38.6 30.8 7.8 5.8 4.0 4 ............: 51.0 5.3 2.1 38.5 11.8 26.6 5.1 0.2 5 ............: 224.8 110.7 (D) 78.4 60.1 18.3 (D) 1.6 6 ............: 402.4 166.5 146.1 80.2 33.3 46.9 9.6 (D) 7 ............:1,003.0 580.5 (D) 47.7 10.7 37.0 (D) (Y) 8 ............: 260.1 149.0 (D) 11.9 2.3 9.6 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 116.7 51.8 19.3 44.2 38.5 5.7 1.4 (D) 10 ...........: 136.7 58.6 35.7 39.7 27.3 12.4 2.7 (D) : United States :2,290.3 1,160.1 709.0 382.6 217.4 165.1 38.7 9.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 1.9 1.9 (Y) (Y) 4.1 0.2 4.0 2 ............: 9.8 9.7 0.1 (Y) 21.1 3.1 18.0 3 ............: 273.9 273.8 0.1 (Y) 13.1 0.5 12.5 4 ............: (D) (D) 74.7 (D) 13.3 1.0 12.3 5 ............: 3,073.6 2,990.6 77.7 5.2 29.5 1.5 27.9 6 ............: 486.1 486.0 0.1 0.1 15.0 0.9 14.1 7 ............: 4,449.5 4,368.3 71.5 9.7 1.9 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.1 (D) 28.9 (D) (D) 9 ............: 80.4 80.4 (Y) (Y) 18.0 2.4 15.7 10 ...........: 18.5 18.5 (Y) (Y) 5.2 0.2 5.1 : United States :10,070.8 9,827.4 224.4 19.1 150.1 10.5 139.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 August 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 19.6 8.0 5.4 4.6 3.0 1.6 1.6 0.8 2 ............: 56.6 17.8 15.8 20.9 16.3 4.6 2.0 18.2 3 ............: 721.7 271.8 66.7 336.8 252.8 84.0 46.4 37.2 4 ............: 436.4 42.0 18.2 331.1 97.4 233.7 45.2 1.8 5 ............: 1,921.6 960.2 (D) 670.2 454.9 215.3 (D) 12.4 6 ............: 3,418.9 1,502.4 1,182.5 662.8 235.5 427.3 71.2 (D) 7 ............: 8,562.1 4,795.9 (D) 384.3 54.2 330.1 (D) 0.4 8 ............: 2,187.9 1,196.2 (D) 135.8 33.5 102.3 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 1,036.3 461.9 172.7 391.5 342.5 49.1 10.2 (D) 10 ...........: 1,119.2 418.9 340.1 344.0 228.8 115.3 16.2 (D) : United States :19,480.3 9,675.0 6,235.9 3,282.0 1,718.8 1,563.3 287.4 81.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 14.7 14.5 0.1 0.1 36.6 1.4 35.1 2 ............: 82.1 81.6 0.4 0.1 165.8 17.0 148.9 3 ............: 2,219.4 2,217.8 1.4 0.2 114.8 11.5 103.3 4 ............: (D) (D) 622.0 (D) 108.4 8.0 100.4 5 ............: 25,454.5 24,642.7 770.1 41.7 228.0 11.9 216.1 6 ............: 3,932.8 3,931.4 0.8 0.6 134.5 6.3 128.2 7 ............: 36,823.5 36,130.0 601.1 92.4 14.8 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 1.2 (D) 280.5 (D) (D) 9 ............: 633.8 633.4 0.3 0.1 163.9 20.2 143.7 10 ...........: 147.8 147.4 0.3 0.1 38.6 1.3 37.3 : United States : 83,230.9 81,063.2 1,997.6 170.1 1,285.9 83.6 1,202.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 :------------------------ : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.3 98.3 98.2 98.2 98.2 Calves .......: 96.1 96.4 95.4 96.3 95.1 Hogs .........: 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 85.7 85.7 85.8 87.0 86.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole animal, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Commercial Production: Includes slaughter and meat production in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. Based on packers' dressed weights. Custom-Exempt Plants: Plants that do not sell meat but operate on a custom basis only are custom-exempt. The animals and meat are not inspected, but the facilities must meet health standards. These are considered NFI plants and head kill is included in NFI totals. Dressed Weight: The weight of a chilled animal carcass. Beef with kidney knob in; veal with hide off; lamb and mutton with pluck out; pork with leaf fat and kidneys out, jowls on and head off. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live animal on hoof. For example, a live hog that weighed 200 pounds on hoof and yielded a carcass weighing 140 pounds would have a dressing percentage of 70. Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Any state whose commercial plants operate entirely under federal inspection may still have custom-exempt establishments for which NFI estimates are made. Food and Meat Inspection: Includes examination, checking, or testing of a carcass and/or meat against established government standards and involves checking the facility for cleanliness, health of animals, or parts of animals and quality of the meat produced. Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) Plants: Plants which sell and transport only intrastate. State inspectors assure compliance with individual state standards for these NFI plants. Mobile slaughtering units are excluded and are considered farm slaughter. Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and butchered. Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter excluding condemnation and is comprised of beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. The FI red meat production is equal to the total carcass weight after slaughter. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food. Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates appear only in the annual slaughter release. Talmedge-Aiken (TA) Plants: Slaughter plants in which USDA is responsible for inspection. However, federal inspection is carried out by State employees. These plants are considered to be federally inspected. Total Live Weight: The total weight of live animals, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for sale in the United States must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards. Statistical Methodology Data Sources: Primary data for the Livestock Slaughter publication are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State-administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. There are approximately 1,100 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and about 1,825 Non-Federally Inspected (State-inspected or custom-exempt) slaughter plants. Slaughter from State- inspected Talmedge-Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Terms and Definitions, page 14). To prevent duplication in reporting between FI and NFI plants and assure all FI plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are constantly monitored. Revision Policy: Number of head slaughtered, live weights, and dressed weights are subject to revision the following month after the monthly release. Annual totals are published in the slaughter summary each April which includes any revisions made to current and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports received from slaughter plants and are usually less than one-half of one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after the publication of the annual summary in April. Procedures and Reliability: The livestock slaughter data is obtained electronically on a daily basis and summarized approximately two weeks after the week of slaughter. A computer program compares each plant's data with the historical data for that plant. Data are checked for unusual values for head kill, patterns of kill, average weights, and dressing percent, based on each plant's past operating profile. In addition, the computer program provides a listing of missing reports for follow-up contact with FSIS. Average live and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous weeks as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species reported. The FSIS District Veterinary Medical Specialists (DVMS) are contacted by e- mail or telephone for missing or potentially erroneous slaughter data. This assures that plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species are accounted for each week. Any corrections FSIS makes to the slaughter data are included in the summary. Computer imputation may be necessary for incomplete reports. The imputation of live and dressed weights is based on the current week reported data of plants of similar size and location. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for cattle and hogs is less than 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. If no data is received electronically or by other means, for plants slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species, data are imputed. The imputation of head for any plant is based on the historical data for that particular plant. The imputation of head slaughtered is rare but when necessary, the imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the United States head kill totals. FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and statistics are also available on the NASS website. NFI data are summarized monthly only. Livestock slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to non- sampling errors such as omissions, duplications and mistakes in reporting, recording and processing the data. These errors are minimized through rigid quality controls in the computer edit program and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. No data are published when an individual plant's data could be divulged. If not published, as indicated with a (D), these data are still included in United States and region totals. A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data. 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