Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released December 21, 2023, 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 November 2022 contained 22 weekdays (including 2 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. November 2023 contained 22 weekdays (including 2 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.68 billion pounds in November, down 2 percent from the 4.79 billion pounds produced in November 2022. Beef production, at 2.28 billion pounds, was 6 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.73 million head, down 6 percent from November 2022. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from the previous year, at 1,387 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.3 million pounds, 6 percent below November a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 24,200 head, down 22 percent from November 2022. The average live weight was up 50 pounds from last year, at 301 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.39 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 11.1 million head, up 2 percent from November 2022. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 289 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 11.2 million pounds, was up 1 percent from November 2022. Sheep slaughter totaled 189,600 head, 5 percent above last year. The average live weight was 116 pounds, down 5 pounds from November a year ago. January to November 2023 commercial red meat production was 49.9 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2022. Accumulated beef production was down 5 percent from last year, veal was down 11 percent, pork was up 1 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 1 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 2022 and 2023.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: November 2022 and 2023............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: November 2022 and 2023............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: November 2022 and 2023.. 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 2023................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to November 2023..... 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 2023 as % of : January to November : November : October : November :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : November : October : : :2023 as % : : : : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,422.0 2,340.9 2,280.8 94 97 26,065.2 24,774.4 95 Veal .............: 4.5 4.2 4.3 94 102 49.4 44.1 89 Pork .............: 2,350.4 2,418.5 2,388.2 102 99 24,765.5 24,957.6 101 Lamb and mutton ..: 11.1 11.3 11.2 101 99 120.6 118.9 99 : Total red meat ...: 4,788.1 4,774.8 4,684.4 98 98 51,000.7 49,895.0 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :November 2023 as % of : January to November : November : October : November :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : November : October : : :2023 as % : : : : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,387.6 2,300.8 2,247.2 94 98 25,645.0 24,388.2 95 Veal .............: 4.4 4.0 4.1 93 102 48.1 42.7 89 Pork .............: 2,340.7 2,406.2 2,377.4 102 99 24,650.1 24,844.0 101 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.0 9.8 10.1 101 103 106.4 104.8 98 : Total red meat ...: 4,742.7 4,720.8 4,638.8 98 98 50,449.6 49,379.7 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : November : January to November : November : October : November : 2023 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : of 2022 : : : 2023 as % : : : : : 2022 : 2023 : of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,854.8 2,767.7 2,681.2 94 31,028.3 29,683.6 96 Other ................1,000: 50.0 58.3 48.6 97 612.2 562.4 92 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,904.9 2,826.0 2,729.8 94 31,640.6 30,246.0 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,387 1,378 1,390 100 1,371 1,365 100 Other ...............pounds: 1,209 1,210 1,214 100 1,210 1,213 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,384 1,374 1,387 100 1,368 1,362 100 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 30.7 22.3 23.4 76 329.8 263.8 80 Other ................1,000: 0.5 0.7 0.8 169 6.6 6.9 105 Commercial ...........1,000: 31.2 23.1 24.2 78 336.4 270.8 80 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 250 307 300 120 253 277 110 Other ...............pounds: 343 316 334 97 370 357 96 Commercial ..........pounds: 251 308 301 120 255 279 110 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,862.7 11,366.6 11,082.6 102 114,427.1 116,558.2 102 Other ................1,000: 51.3 63.8 56.3 110 595.6 585.4 98 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,914.0 11,430.4 11,138.9 102 115,022.7 117,143.6 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 290 285 289 100 289 287 99 Other ...............pounds: 258 266 263 102 266 267 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 290 285 289 100 289 287 99 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 155.6 163.3 168.4 108 1,604.3 1,679.1 105 Other ................1,000: 25.5 30.3 21.2 83 288.8 287.4 100 Commercial ...........1,000: 181.1 193.6 189.6 105 1,893.1 1,966.5 104 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 126 118 118 94 131 123 94 Other ...............pounds: 90 96 100 112 98 98 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 121 115 116 96 126 120 95 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 44.1 47.1 47.5 108 452.1 476.7 105 Other ................1,000: 8.4 11.4 10.3 122 96.4 95.6 99 Commercial ...........1,000: 52.6 58.5 57.7 110 548.5 572.3 104 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 65 64 63 97 65 64 99 Other ...............pounds: 85 86 85 100 85 86 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 69 67 98 68 68 99 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.3 6.3 6.6 104 65.8 69.1 105 Other ................1,000: 0.2 0.3 0.3 144 2.7 3.0 113 Commercial ...........1,000: 6.6 6.6 6.9 105 68.5 72.1 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : November : October : November :November 2023 as : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : % of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.2 1.6 1.2 100 Alaska ................: 0.1 (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 41.5 38.9 40.5 98 Arkansas ..............: 0.4 0.7 0.5 146 California ............: 147.4 108.6 104.4 71 Colorado ..............: 180.2 177.6 172.5 96 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.8 2.9 2.6 94 Florida ...............: 7.5 7.6 7.2 96 Georgia ...............: 14.1 13.5 12.6 90 Hawaii ................: 0.8 0.7 0.8 95 : Idaho .................: 37.3 43.2 43.9 118 Illinois ..............: 278.4 300.7 283.0 102 Indiana ...............: 165.0 169.8 165.6 100 Iowa ..................: 752.8 780.5 796.8 106 Kansas ................: 530.6 500.3 480.7 91 Kentucky ..............: 51.6 61.0 56.0 109 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.4 0.3 85 Michigan ..............: 109.6 119.5 120.4 110 Minnesota .............: 263.8 252.9 244.7 93 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.9 0.8 107 : Missouri ..............: 183.0 185.6 187.9 103 Montana ...............: 1.1 3.2 4.0 361 Nebraska ..............: 702.5 687.8 669.5 95 Nevada ................: (Y) (Y) 0.1 (X) New England 1/ ........: 3.0 3.2 2.9 98 New Jersey ............: 3.8 4.0 3.9 101 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 110 New York ..............: 3.4 3.5 3.2 94 North Carolina ........: 246.7 234.2 232.0 94 North Dakota ..........: 0.7 0.7 0.5 72 : Ohio ..................: 22.6 27.3 24.6 109 Oklahoma ..............: 103.6 106.5 95.8 92 Oregon ................: 2.8 2.7 2.5 89 Pennsylvania ..........: 129.8 137.4 136.9 105 South Carolina ........: 15.8 17.4 16.3 104 South Dakota ..........: 123.0 130.8 132.0 107 Tennessee .............: 25.8 29.0 26.6 103 Texas .................: 399.0 386.7 378.6 95 Utah ..................: 45.7 46.8 47.4 104 Virginia ..............: 1.6 1.6 1.3 83 : Washington ............: 81.2 80.3 75.4 93 West Virginia .........: 1.1 1.5 1.2 109 Wisconsin .............: 104.6 102.2 106.0 101 Wyoming ...............: 0.8 0.5 0.9 110 : United States .........: 4,788.1 4,774.8 4,684.4 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: November 2022 and 2023 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 1.2 1.0 1,247 1,086 1,064 1,130 Alaska ...........: 0.1 (Y) 70 (X) 1,202 (X) Arizona ..........: 47.8 45.4 67,360 65,735 1,412 1,451 Arkansas .........: 0.5 0.8 540 809 1,028 1,072 California .......: 137.8 119.2 181,808 160,299 1,329 1,354 Colorado .........: 198.0 187.0 281,471 269,112 1,423 1,440 Delaware-Maryland : 2.8 2.6 3,899 3,676 1,402 1,393 Florida ..........: 11.8 11.7 14,178 14,042 1,205 1,207 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.1 1.1 1,312 1,231 1,203 1,149 : Idaho ............: 52.3 60.1 66,425 75,281 1,277 1,259 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.7 3.6 5,609 4,386 1,204 1,203 Iowa .............: 50.2 47.3 70,672 66,567 1,407 1,409 Kansas ...........: 587.1 530.9 824,789 745,874 1,405 1,405 Kentucky .........: 5.7 6.0 6,099 6,701 1,084 1,116 Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.4 417 409 823 972 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.6 0.6 541 618 919 993 : Missouri .........: 27.1 28.2 31,613 32,392 1,171 1,153 Montana ..........: 1.3 4.6 1,587 5,658 1,209 1,223 Nebraska .........: 613.8 566.7 906,961 832,604 1,479 1,471 Nevada ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 77 (X) 1,200 New England 1/ ...: 3.3 3.1 3,759 3,602 1,127 1,156 New Jersey .......: 3.9 4.0 4,392 4,581 1,131 1,140 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 476 543 1,038 1,082 New York .........: 3.7 3.7 4,403 4,349 1,196 1,173 North Carolina ...: 6.8 7.0 8,356 8,641 1,229 1,239 North Dakota .....: 0.8 0.6 977 723 1,295 1,317 : Ohio .............: 6.8 6.3 8,932 8,286 1,323 1,325 Oklahoma .........: 7.0 5.8 8,208 6,674 1,179 1,160 Oregon ...........: 2.3 1.7 2,653 2,021 1,146 1,186 Pennsylvania .....: 93.6 94.8 116,646 121,575 1,253 1,287 South Carolina ...: 23.8 24.1 30,394 31,706 1,283 1,322 South Dakota .....: 41.7 40.7 59,627 58,513 1,439 1,447 Tennessee ........: 3.5 3.9 3,460 3,798 1,005 988 Texas ............: 498.0 469.6 654,999 620,040 1,319 1,324 Utah .............: 50.7 50.9 71,258 73,942 1,406 1,452 Virginia .........: 1.8 1.6 1,962 1,646 1,075 1,029 : Washington .......: 94.6 85.1 133,302 122,582 1,412 1,443 West Virginia ....: 1.4 1.7 1,501 1,746 1,083 1,054 Wisconsin ........: 115.0 116.8 159,833 162,599 1,398 1,400 Wyoming ..........: 1.1 1.1 1,226 1,380 1,157 1,203 : United States ....: 2,904.9 2,729.8 4,012,140 3,778,796 1,384 1,387 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 2022 and 2023 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Arizona ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arkansas .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) California .......: 2.6 (D) 312 (D) 124 (D) Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.2 (D) 72 (D) 435 (D) Georgia ..........: 0.2 0.1 111 59 487 473 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.3 35 119 333 422 Indiana ..........: 0.6 0.5 246 194 430 400 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Mississippi ......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) : Missouri .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) 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 0.2 58 64 255 309 New Jersey .......: 1.5 1.4 580 551 378 381 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: 4.6 2.4 449 217 98 93 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.2 23 40 228 258 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 8.4 3.9 1,340 1,096 160 282 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.3 7.7 3,153 3,416 434 445 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Texas ............: 0.1 0.1 62 59 432 416 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.1 0.1 41 42 300 292 : Washington .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) West Virginia ....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Wisconsin ........: 1.9 1.3 931 650 493 489 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 31.2 24.2 7,780 7,229 251 301 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 2022 and 2023 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.8 2.1 755 877 412 417 Alaska ...........: 0.1 (Y) 17 (X) 293 (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 32 13 263 257 Arkansas .........: 0.3 0.4 81 110 274 258 California .......: 215.0 78.0 57,326 17,663 267 227 Colorado .........: 2.8 3.2 385 453 138 141 Delaware-Maryland : 2.0 1.9 553 527 276 277 Florida ..........: 7.8 5.7 899 690 115 120 Georgia ..........: 5.2 5.3 1,414 1,456 273 274 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.2 40 41 269 267 : Idaho ............: 11.9 13.0 3,377 3,283 283 252 Illinois .........: 987.3 1,027.6 284,160 294,620 288 287 Indiana ..........: 767.3 781.5 215,591 217,848 281 279 Iowa .............: 3,361.3 3,552.7 962,268 1,025,048 286 289 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.3 90 63 181 183 Michigan .........: 309.1 368.1 92,212 108,846 298 296 Minnesota ........: 1,095.0 1,015.9 307,922 287,433 281 283 Mississippi ......: 3.7 3.7 609 617 164 169 : Missouri .........: 752.4 773.5 224,074 230,138 298 298 Montana ..........: 0.7 2.8 198 781 278 280 Nebraska .........: 651.3 695.8 189,021 204,303 290 294 Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 2.9 3.1 807 840 283 267 New Jersey .......: 8.8 9.3 793 863 90 92 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 49 64 296 259 New York .........: 2.6 2.4 665 604 252 257 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.4 0.3 122 87 306 287 : Ohio .............: 74.8 89.9 22,089 25,740 296 287 Oklahoma .........: 451.2 420.8 131,341 120,911 291 287 Oregon ...........: 4.5 5.2 1,266 1,319 282 253 Pennsylvania .....: 275.8 291.8 79,302 84,765 288 290 South Carolina ...: 3.2 2.7 747 626 234 230 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 80.5 82.1 35,895 36,772 446 449 Texas ............: 25.9 26.0 5,624 4,867 217 187 Utah .............: (D) 2.4 (D) 613 (D) 261 Virginia .........: (D) 1.1 (D) 356 (D) 322 : Washington .......: 1.6 (D) 423 (D) 264 (D) West Virginia ....: 0.8 0.9 250 263 297 291 Wisconsin ........: 65.6 67.9 28,277 28,925 432 427 Wyoming ..........: 0.3 0.2 72 68 262 276 : United States ....: 10,914.0 11,138.9 3,164,255 3,218,027 290 289 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 2022 and 2023 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.8 9 84 108 110 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 10 9 102 93 California .......: 25.6 28.4 3,751 4,056 146 143 Colorado .........: 33.8 39.1 5,340 5,756 158 147 Delaware-Maryland : 2.1 1.8 213 168 102 95 Florida ..........: 2.7 2.9 139 150 52 51 Georgia ..........: 1.3 (D) 84 (D) 66 (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 14 14 134 135 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.2 30 27 137 128 Illinois .........: 6.3 6.2 495 554 79 89 Indiana ..........: 6.4 6.7 712 666 111 100 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.2 28 28 150 125 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.4 46 40 106 105 Kentucky .........: 1.3 1.4 125 141 99 103 Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.7 37 40 62 58 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.7 0.7 60 53 82 74 Mississippi ......: 0.1 0.2 6 12 63 70 : Missouri .........: 0.7 0.7 51 56 76 81 Montana ..........: 0.2 0.7 24 97 121 139 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 4.7 4.7 434 425 92 90 New Jersey .......: 15.8 14.8 1,366 1,203 86 81 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.6 79 75 138 128 New York .........: 5.8 6.3 566 535 97 85 North Carolina ...: 2.1 3.4 134 213 65 62 North Dakota .....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) : Ohio .............: 3.1 3.9 508 584 162 152 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.6 4.6 604 655 131 144 Pennsylvania .....: 10.4 12.1 1,075 1,180 103 98 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 29 29 139 118 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 24.4 22.0 2,576 2,222 105 101 Utah .............: 1.6 1.5 212 200 133 133 Virginia .........: 1.0 1.3 73 89 71 69 : Washington .......: 1.3 1.2 172 164 137 133 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.2 1.5 494 187 155 127 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 14 17 115 131 : United States ....: 181.1 189.6 21,944 22,024 121 116 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 :----------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head --------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,287.8 1,274.1 1,209.1 14,616.1 13,877.5 45.1 46.0 45.1 47.1 46.8 Heifers ..........: 925.9 870.0 856.9 9,478.0 9,236.2 32.4 31.4 32.0 30.5 31.1 All cows .........: 594.7 573.6 570.7 6,410.9 6,075.7 20.8 20.7 21.3 20.7 20.5 Dairy cows .......: 250.9 242.9 229.7 2,781.0 2,851.4 8.8 8.8 8.6 9.0 9.6 Other cows .......: 343.8 330.7 341.0 3,629.9 3,224.3 12.0 11.9 12.7 11.7 10.9 Bulls ............: 46.5 50.0 44.4 523.4 494.3 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 : Total ............: 2,854.8 2,767.7 2,681.2 31,028.3 29,683.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 30.7 22.3 23.4 329.8 263.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,589.6 11,064.6 10,799.8 111,338.9 113,347.1 97.5 97.3 97.4 97.3 97.2 Sows .............: 251.2 275.8 257.9 2,816.5 2,929.6 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.5 Boars ............: 21.9 26.3 24.8 271.6 281.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,862.7 11,366.6 11,082.6 114,427.1 116,558.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 8.8 10.4 10.4 100.8 107.5 5.6 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.4 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 146.8 152.9 158.0 1,503.5 1,571.6 94.4 93.6 93.8 93.7 93.6 : Total ............: 155.6 163.3 168.4 1,604.3 1,679.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 :----------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 838 833 840 828 823 Steers 1/ ...............: 928 926 935 908 905 Heifers 1/ ..............: 851 840 851 835 827 All cows 1/ .............: 622 613 619 631 627 Bulls 1/ ................: 849 858 851 873 871 : Calves and vealers ... : 145 182 178 147 163 : Hogs ................. : 216 212 215 215 213 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 214 210 213 213 211 Sows 2/ .................: 299 301 297 299 299 Boars 2/ ................: 196 185 196 193 191 : Sheep ................ : 64 60 60 66 62 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 62 64 64 64 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 64 60 60 67 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 2023 [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 ............: 2.8 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 2 ............: 7.7 2.1 2.1 3.2 2.7 0.5 0.3 3.8 3 ............: 97.5 37.8 4.7 48.8 34.9 13.9 6.2 7.9 4 ............: 75.1 4.4 2.6 60.1 11.9 48.2 7.9 0.4 5 ............: 276.1 116.4 (D) 113.5 61.1 52.4 (D) 5.9 6 ............: 471.0 191.1 158.7 113.0 26.8 86.1 8.3 (D) 7 ............:1,163.3 603.4 476.1 77.5 5.8 71.7 6.3 (Y) 8 ............: 276.9 140.7 (D) 26.5 6.2 20.3 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 165.0 60.8 26.4 75.2 53.1 22.1 2.7 (D) 10 ...........: 145.7 51.0 39.9 52.6 26.9 25.7 2.2 (D) : United States :2,681.2 1,209.1 856.9 570.7 229.7 341.0 44.4 23.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.8 2.8 (Y) (Y) 4.6 0.2 4.4 2 ............: 11.6 11.6 (Y) (Y) 20.6 1.8 18.8 3 ............: 293.6 293.4 (D) (D) 16.0 1.9 14.0 4 ............: (D) (D) 79.7 (D) 10.5 1.0 9.6 5 ............: 3,324.6 3,210.9 108.7 5.0 26.5 2.0 24.6 6 ............: 443.2 443.0 (D) (D) 17.0 (D) (D) 7 ............: 5,034.1 4,951.3 68.5 14.2 0.9 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.5 (Y) 40.2 0.8 39.5 9 ............: 74.3 74.3 (Y) (Y) 27.1 1.7 25.4 10 ...........: 19.4 19.3 (Y) (Y) 4.9 0.3 4.6 : United States :11,082.6 10,799.8 257.9 24.8 168.4 10.4 158.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 2023 [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 ............: 29.3 12.1 9.8 4.6 2.5 2.1 2.8 1.8 2 ............: 86.5 25.2 20.7 37.1 33.2 4.0 3.4 50.5 3 ............: 1,052.2 413.8 45.4 530.5 406.2 124.4 62.5 75.9 4 ............: 830.9 53.6 30.3 660.4 146.9 513.5 86.6 4.8 5 ............: 2,905.8 1,315.8 (D) 1,117.0 689.0 428.0 (D) 76.8 6 ............: 5,235.2 2,158.6 1,753.8 1,223.9 384.4 839.5 98.9 (D) 7 ............:13,002.3 6,962.5 5,128.7 833.7 80.9 752.8 77.4 0.4 8 ............: 3,039.6 1,614.7 (D) 250.4 64.8 185.6 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 1,920.1 766.7 284.7 841.8 684.8 157.0 26.9 (D) 10 ...........: 1,581.7 554.5 422.2 576.2 358.6 217.5 28.8 (D) : United States :29,683.6 13,877.5 9,236.2 6,075.7 2,851.4 3,224.3 494.3 263.8 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 25.9 25.6 0.3 0.1 45.3 2.5 42.8 2 ............: 111.7 111.0 0.5 0.1 228.8 20.3 208.5 3 ............: 3,086.6 3,083.6 (D) (D) 162.8 16.2 146.5 4 ............: (D) (D) 864.3 (D) 113.6 10.2 103.4 5 ............: 35,091.6 33,795.3 1,241.5 54.8 304.3 20.5 283.8 6 ............: 5,266.9 5,264.1 (D) (D) 122.5 (D) (D) 7 ............: 51,676.8 50,708.2 811.6 157.0 10.4 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 6.2 0.4 380.0 10.0 370.0 9 ............: 927.1 926.7 0.3 0.1 257.0 18.9 238.1 10 ...........: 201.1 200.7 0.3 0.1 54.5 2.8 51.7 : United States :116,558.2 113,347.1 2,929.6 281.5 1,679.1 107.5 1,571.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to November Species : November : October : November :------------------------ : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.3 97.9 98.2 98.1 98.1 Calves .......: 98.5 96.9 96.7 98.0 97.4 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 85.9 84.4 88.8 84.7 85.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 950 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and nearly 1,950 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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