Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released November 22, 2023, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record Low Veal Production in October October 2022 contained 21 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. October 2023 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.77 billion pounds in October, up slightly from the 4.76 billion pounds produced in October 2022. Beef production, at 2.34 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.83 million head, down 3 percent from October 2022. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 1,374 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.2 million pounds, 8 percent below October a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 23,100 head, down 24 percent from October 2022. The average live weight was up 49 pounds from last year, at 308 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.42 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 11.4 million head, up 5 percent from October 2022. The average live weight was down 3 pounds from the previous year, at 285 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 11.3 million pounds, was up 7 percent from October 2022. Sheep slaughter totaled 193,500 head, 14 percent above last year. The average live weight was 115 pounds, down 7 pounds from October a year ago. January to October 2023 commercial red meat production was 45.2 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 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: October 2022 and 2023.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: October 2022 and 2023............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: October 2022 and 2023............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: October 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: October 2023................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to October 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : October 2023 as % of : January to October : October :September : October :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : October : September : : :2023 as % : : : : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,404.3 2,149.4 2,340.8 97 109 23,643.0 22,493.5 95 Veal .............: 4.5 3.6 4.2 92 114 44.9 39.8 89 Pork .............: 2,338.3 2,186.2 2,418.5 103 111 22,415.1 22,569.4 101 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.5 10.2 11.3 107 111 109.5 107.7 98 : Total red meat ...: 4,757.6 4,349.4 4,774.7 100 110 46,212.5 45,210.4 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : October 2023 as % of : January to October : October :September : October :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : October : September : : :2023 as % : : : : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,363.1 2,114.6 2,300.7 97 109 23,257.4 22,140.9 95 Veal .............: 4.4 3.5 4.0 92 115 43.7 38.6 88 Pork .............: 2,326.4 2,175.5 2,406.1 103 111 22,309.4 22,466.6 101 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.0 8.6 9.8 109 114 96.5 94.7 98 : Total red meat ...: 4,702.9 4,302.2 4,720.7 100 110 45,706.9 44,740.8 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : October : January to October : October : September : October : 2023 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : of 2022 : : : 2023 as % : : : : : 2022 : 2023 : of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,842.4 2,559.8 2,767.6 97 28,173.5 27,002.4 96 Other ................1,000: 60.5 50.8 58.3 96 562.2 513.7 91 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,902.9 2,610.6 2,825.9 97 28,735.7 27,516.1 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,379 1,365 1,378 100 1,369 1,362 99 Other ...............pounds: 1,204 1,210 1,210 100 1,210 1,213 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,375 1,362 1,374 100 1,366 1,359 99 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 29.7 21.0 22.3 75 299.1 240.5 80 Other ................1,000: 0.6 0.7 0.7 113 6.1 6.1 100 Commercial ...........1,000: 30.3 21.7 23.1 76 305.2 246.6 81 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 256 285 307 120 253 275 109 Other ...............pounds: 368 346 316 86 372 360 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 259 287 308 119 255 277 109 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,857.3 10,430.8 11,366.5 105 103,564.4 105,475.4 102 Other ................1,000: 62.1 55.7 63.8 103 544.3 529.1 97 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,919.4 10,486.5 11,430.3 105 104,108.7 106,004.5 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 289 281 285 99 289 287 99 Other ...............pounds: 264 265 266 101 267 268 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 288 281 285 99 289 286 99 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 142.5 143.8 163.3 115 1,448.7 1,510.7 104 Other ................1,000: 27.5 30.0 30.3 110 263.3 266.2 101 Commercial ...........1,000: 170.0 173.8 193.5 114 1,712.0 1,776.9 104 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 125 118 118 95 132 124 94 Other ...............pounds: 108 103 96 89 99 98 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 122 116 115 94 127 120 95 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 44.2 41.6 47.1 107 408.0 429.2 105 Other ................1,000: 7.3 10.3 11.4 155 87.9 85.4 97 Commercial ...........1,000: 51.5 51.9 58.5 113 495.9 514.6 104 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 65 64 64 99 65 64 99 Other ...............pounds: 90 88 86 96 85 86 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 69 69 69 100 68 68 99 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.0 5.6 6.3 105 59.5 62.5 105 Other ................1,000: 0.3 0.2 0.3 117 2.5 2.7 109 Commercial ...........1,000: 6.3 5.9 6.6 105 61.9 65.2 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : October : September : October : October 2023 as : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : % of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.3 1.3 1.6 129 Alaska ................: (Y) (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 38.8 36.7 38.9 100 Arkansas ..............: 0.5 0.6 0.7 126 California ............: 144.0 100.5 108.6 75 Colorado ..............: 174.9 156.1 177.6 102 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.7 2.5 2.9 105 Florida ...............: 7.6 6.3 7.6 99 Georgia ...............: 14.0 13.2 13.5 96 Hawaii ................: 0.8 0.7 0.7 90 : Idaho .................: 36.1 39.7 43.2 120 Illinois ..............: 270.6 257.4 300.7 111 Indiana ...............: 170.1 155.6 169.8 100 Iowa ..................: 748.4 720.9 780.5 104 Kansas ................: 515.9 465.7 500.3 97 Kentucky ..............: 55.9 55.0 61.0 109 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.3 0.4 96 Michigan ..............: 111.4 108.4 119.5 107 Minnesota .............: 266.2 232.0 252.9 95 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.7 0.9 105 : Missouri ..............: 178.7 169.4 185.6 104 Montana ...............: 3.1 2.2 3.2 106 Nebraska ..............: 696.0 606.2 687.8 99 Nevada ................: (Y) (Y) (Y) (X) New England 1/ ........: 3.1 2.8 3.2 102 New Jersey ............: 3.8 3.7 4.0 106 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 103 New York ..............: 3.5 3.3 3.5 98 North Carolina ........: 252.4 218.3 234.2 93 North Dakota ..........: 0.9 0.7 0.7 76 : Ohio ..................: 24.3 24.0 27.3 112 Oklahoma ..............: 94.7 90.5 106.5 113 Oregon ................: 3.1 2.5 2.6 84 Pennsylvania ..........: 128.9 124.6 137.4 107 South Carolina ........: 16.6 16.7 17.4 105 South Dakota ..........: 123.2 117.8 130.8 106 Tennessee .............: 27.3 26.1 29.0 106 Texas .................: 399.3 369.3 386.7 97 Utah ..................: 44.6 42.9 46.8 105 Virginia ..............: 1.8 1.3 1.6 90 : Washington ............: 84.0 76.2 80.3 96 West Virginia .........: 1.4 1.2 1.5 112 Wisconsin .............: 105.3 94.6 102.2 97 Wyoming ...............: 0.6 0.8 0.5 86 : United States .........: 4,757.6 4,349.4 4,774.7 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: October 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 ..........: 1.4 1.3 1,479 1,436 1,053 1,089 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 71 (X) 1,151 Arizona ..........: 44.7 43.6 62,565 62,752 1,403 1,440 Arkansas .........: 0.8 0.9 771 939 1,019 993 California .......: 135.8 123.2 177,975 167,572 1,319 1,370 Colorado .........: 191.5 195.0 273,150 277,912 1,427 1,427 Delaware-Maryland : 2.8 2.9 3,829 4,108 1,384 1,401 Florida ..........: 12.6 12.2 14,561 14,735 1,162 1,208 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.1 1.0 1,319 1,160 1,185 1,158 : Idaho ............: 50.6 58.9 63,949 73,636 1,272 1,256 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.9 5.0 5,904 5,982 1,205 1,206 Iowa .............: 46.0 48.1 64,411 67,233 1,402 1,399 Kansas ...........: 572.1 560.1 798,538 777,196 1,396 1,388 Kentucky .........: 5.7 6.6 6,169 7,272 1,080 1,102 Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.6 519 533 813 921 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.8 0.8 744 713 931 940 : Missouri .........: 28.8 30.7 32,844 33,932 1,144 1,110 Montana ..........: 3.5 3.8 4,263 4,671 1,220 1,240 Nebraska .........: 624.8 593.2 913,619 861,956 1,464 1,455 Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 3.4 3.3 3,953 3,773 1,148 1,141 New Jersey .......: 4.0 4.3 4,556 4,838 1,136 1,134 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 540 554 1,089 1,110 New York .........: 3.9 4.0 4,614 4,624 1,205 1,171 North Carolina ...: 7.6 7.6 9,376 9,395 1,238 1,236 North Dakota .....: 1.1 0.9 1,499 1,111 1,327 1,283 : Ohio .............: 7.5 7.8 9,906 10,347 1,324 1,325 Oklahoma .........: 8.5 6.0 9,802 6,958 1,155 1,190 Oregon ...........: 2.5 1.8 2,786 2,139 1,132 1,218 Pennsylvania .....: 93.9 97.2 116,720 122,798 1,249 1,269 South Carolina ...: 25.1 25.9 32,293 33,965 1,292 1,316 South Dakota .....: 41.4 39.8 58,866 57,271 1,427 1,445 Tennessee ........: 3.5 4.2 3,486 3,999 1,017 976 Texas ............: 500.7 485.3 655,522 633,454 1,313 1,309 Utah .............: 49.9 51.2 69,337 72,657 1,389 1,420 Virginia .........: 2.1 2.1 2,190 2,214 1,049 1,049 : Washington .......: 98.1 90.8 137,190 129,880 1,402 1,434 West Virginia ....: 2.0 2.1 2,008 2,220 1,016 1,035 Wisconsin ........: 114.8 112.5 158,836 155,715 1,392 1,392 Wyoming ..........: 0.8 0.7 923 811 1,192 1,156 : United States ....: 2,902.9 2,825.9 3,982,791 3,875,179 1,375 1,374 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: October 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 .......: 2.4 (D) 306 (D) 131 (D) Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 (D) 53 (D) 437 (D) Georgia ..........: 0.2 0.1 111 52 497 443 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.3 39 108 352 400 Indiana ..........: 0.4 0.6 188 273 437 440 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 51 44 268 269 New Jersey .......: 1.5 1.5 574 564 380 377 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: 4.3 2.5 427 249 101 101 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.2 24 43 250 260 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 7.7 3.9 1,150 1,142 149 291 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.2 7.1 3,128 3,114 437 440 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Texas ............: 0.3 0.2 117 62 426 380 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.2 0.1 53 40 292 298 : Washington .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) West Virginia ....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Wisconsin ........: 2.3 1.6 1,105 742 491 471 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 30.3 23.1 7,794 7,050 259 308 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: October 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 3.0 709 1,295 401 428 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 20 (X) 269 Arkansas .........: 0.5 0.7 132 175 292 248 California .......: 217.7 77.5 57,034 17,685 262 229 Colorado .........: 3.2 3.0 507 475 157 160 Delaware-Maryland : 1.9 1.9 515 502 278 267 Florida ..........: 10.0 6.1 971 703 97 116 Georgia ..........: 5.4 5.8 1,479 1,575 274 270 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.2 40 42 255 258 : Idaho ............: 12.1 12.6 3,336 3,174 275 251 Illinois .........: 945.8 1,121.8 271,246 319,707 287 285 Indiana ..........: 785.5 797.6 221,761 222,204 282 279 Iowa .............: 3,369.4 3,528.3 960,059 1,003,156 285 284 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.3 74 62 207 235 Michigan .........: 322.4 370.0 95,999 107,982 298 292 Minnesota ........: 1,110.1 1,072.5 310,209 298,225 280 278 Mississippi ......: 3.1 3.5 536 614 171 173 : Missouri .........: 735.2 774.5 217,187 225,682 296 292 Montana ..........: 2.3 2.0 618 548 275 279 Nebraska .........: 602.7 710.3 174,742 205,125 290 289 Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 3.1 3.8 857 1,045 278 272 New Jersey .......: 7.3 8.5 708 802 97 94 New Mexico .......: 0.3 0.3 63 71 246 254 New York .........: 3.0 2.6 757 667 254 260 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.3 104 69 298 269 : Ohio .............: 79.2 95.2 23,771 27,493 300 289 Oklahoma .........: 413.9 483.1 119,374 135,134 288 280 Oregon ...........: 5.4 5.2 1,475 1,308 274 252 Pennsylvania .....: 279.6 295.8 78,562 84,308 281 285 South Carolina ...: 2.1 2.1 510 499 244 238 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 86.1 88.1 38,085 40,233 443 457 Texas ............: 25.1 28.8 5,445 5,477 217 190 Utah .............: (D) 2.6 (D) 733 (D) 285 Virginia .........: (D) 1.1 (D) 325 (D) 306 : Washington .......: 1.8 (D) 497 (D) 270 (D) West Virginia ....: 1.1 1.2 314 352 294 299 Wisconsin ........: 70.4 66.9 29,940 28,808 426 432 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 40 37 274 267 : United States ....: 10,919.4 11,430.3 3,148,609 3,260,509 288 285 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: October 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) 0.1 (D) 5 (D) 85 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.7 11 70 107 98 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.4 16 37 107 96 California .......: 21.2 27.4 3,125 3,838 148 140 Colorado .........: 29.8 35.6 4,594 5,059 154 142 Delaware-Maryland : 2.1 1.8 210 176 100 98 Florida ..........: 2.4 2.9 123 154 52 53 Georgia ..........: 1.9 (D) 122 (D) 63 (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.1 23 16 142 134 : Idaho ............: 0.3 0.3 42 35 144 130 Illinois .........: 6.4 6.2 542 526 85 84 Indiana ..........: 6.6 6.5 737 658 111 102 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.2 34 29 152 129 Kansas ...........: 0.5 0.3 41 36 90 113 Kentucky .........: 1.2 1.5 120 155 103 102 Louisiana ........: 0.7 0.8 37 50 54 59 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.6 0.7 55 53 88 76 Mississippi ......: 0.1 0.2 6 13 71 71 : Missouri .........: 0.7 0.8 51 74 75 90 Montana ..........: 0.6 0.5 63 57 109 118 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 4.8 4.6 443 424 93 93 New Jersey .......: 15.1 15.6 1,266 1,279 84 82 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 69 68 140 127 New York .........: 4.7 6.2 479 528 102 85 North Carolina ...: 2.1 2.9 137 195 65 67 North Dakota .....: 0.1 (Y) 16 (X) 146 (X) : Ohio .............: 4.8 5.7 762 844 157 148 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 5.2 5.3 712 743 136 140 Pennsylvania .....: 9.3 11.5 978 1,155 105 100 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.3 0.3 32 32 113 122 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 23.8 26.4 2,861 2,762 120 105 Utah .............: 1.5 1.4 210 187 140 130 Virginia .........: 1.3 1.4 81 88 65 65 : Washington .......: 1.2 1.5 163 196 137 133 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.0 2.5 471 339 156 135 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 (Y) 9 (X) 128 (X) : United States ....: 170.0 193.5 20,719 22,234 122 115 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 October : : : : January to October Class : October :September : October :-----------------------: October :September : October :----------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head --------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,293.2 1,206.5 1,274.1 13,328.3 12,668.2 45.5 47.1 46.0 47.3 46.9 Heifers ..........: 895.5 788.6 870.1 8,552.2 8,379.3 31.5 30.8 31.4 30.4 31.0 All cows .........: 602.8 516.3 573.5 5,816.2 5,504.9 21.2 20.2 20.7 20.6 20.4 Dairy cows .......: 252.8 240.5 243.0 2,530.1 2,621.8 8.9 9.4 8.8 9.0 9.7 Other cows .......: 350.1 275.8 330.5 3,286.1 2,883.1 12.3 10.8 11.9 11.7 10.7 Bulls ............: 50.8 48.4 50.0 476.9 449.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 : Total ............: 2,842.4 2,559.8 2,767.6 28,173.5 27,002.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 29.7 21.0 22.3 299.1 240.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,566.6 10,145.5 11,064.5 100,749.4 102,547.1 97.3 97.3 97.3 97.3 97.2 Sows .............: 266.2 259.0 275.8 2,565.3 2,671.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 Boars ............: 24.5 26.4 26.3 249.8 256.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,857.3 10,430.8 11,366.5 103,564.4 105,475.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 9.4 10.6 10.4 92.0 97.1 6.6 7.4 6.4 6.3 6.4 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 133.1 133.2 152.8 1,356.7 1,413.6 93.4 92.6 93.6 93.7 93.6 : Total ............: 142.5 143.8 163.3 1,448.7 1,510.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to October Class : October :September : October :----------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 833 828 833 827 822 Steers 1/ ...............: 924 918 926 906 902 Heifers 1/ ..............: 846 827 840 833 824 All cows 1/ .............: 616 613 613 632 628 Bulls 1/ ................: 857 874 858 876 873 : Calves and vealers ... : 149 168 182 147 162 : Hogs ................. : 214 209 212 215 213 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 212 206 210 213 211 Sows 2/ .................: 299 300 301 299 299 Boars 2/ ................: 195 185 185 192 190 : Sheep ................ : 63 60 60 67 63 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 65 66 64 64 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 63 59 60 67 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: October 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 ............: 2.9 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 2 ............: 8.2 2.3 2.0 3.5 3.0 0.5 0.4 4.0 3 ............: 99.8 36.8 4.9 51.2 36.6 14.6 6.9 7.4 4 ............: 80.2 5.0 2.9 63.3 12.2 51.1 9.0 0.4 5 ............: 269.0 115.9 (D) 108.3 64.8 43.5 (D) 6.3 6 ............: 485.9 203.8 154.1 118.9 30.1 88.8 9.1 (D) 7 ............:1,220.0 644.9 489.1 78.8 6.3 72.5 7.3 (Y) 8 ............: 284.1 150.5 (D) 24.2 6.7 17.4 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 167.2 63.4 25.4 75.2 55.5 19.8 3.2 (D) 10 ...........: 150.3 50.2 47.7 49.8 27.7 22.1 2.7 (D) : United States :2,767.6 1,274.1 870.1 573.5 243.0 330.5 50.0 22.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 3.5 3.4 (Y) (Y) 4.4 0.2 4.3 2 ............: 11.0 10.9 0.1 (Y) 21.4 1.7 19.7 3 ............: 297.1 296.8 (D) (D) 15.5 2.0 13.6 4 ............: (D) (D) 86.8 (D) 11.1 1.0 10.1 5 ............: 3,495.9 3,378.6 113.1 4.2 28.0 1.8 26.1 6 ............: 506.3 506.1 (D) (D) 13.3 (D) (D) 7 ............: 5,022.8 4,932.8 74.4 15.5 0.9 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.8 0.1 36.8 0.8 35.9 9 ............: 74.0 73.9 (Y) (Y) 26.1 1.8 24.3 10 ...........: 19.0 19.0 (Y) (Y) 5.9 0.3 5.6 : United States :11,366.5 11,064.5 275.8 26.3 163.3 10.4 152.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 October 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 ............: 26.5 10.8 9.0 4.2 2.4 1.8 2.5 1.6 2 ............: 78.9 23.1 18.7 34.0 30.4 3.5 3.1 46.7 3 ............: 954.7 376.0 40.7 481.7 371.3 110.4 56.3 68.0 4 ............: 755.9 49.2 27.7 600.3 135.2 465.1 78.7 4.4 5 ............: 2,629.7 1,199.4 (D) 1,003.5 627.9 375.6 (D) 70.9 6 ............: 4,764.2 1,967.5 1,595.2 1,110.9 357.5 753.4 90.6 (D) 7 ............:11,839.0 6,359.0 4,652.6 756.2 75.1 681.1 71.1 0.4 8 ............: 2,762.6 1,474.0 (D) 223.9 58.6 165.3 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 1,755.1 705.9 258.4 766.6 631.7 134.9 24.2 (D) 10 ...........: 1,435.9 503.4 382.3 523.6 331.7 191.9 26.6 (D) : United States :27,002.4 12,668.2 8,379.3 5,504.9 2,621.8 2,883.1 449.9 240.5 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 23.1 22.7 0.3 0.1 40.7 2.3 38.4 2 ............: 100.1 99.5 0.5 0.1 208.2 18.6 189.7 3 ............: 2,793.0 2,790.2 (D) (D) 146.8 14.3 132.5 4 ............: (D) (D) 784.6 (D) 103.1 9.2 93.8 5 ............: 31,767.0 30,584.4 1,132.8 49.8 277.7 18.5 259.2 6 ............: 4,823.7 4,821.2 (D) (D) 105.5 (D) (D) 7 ............: 46,642.7 45,756.9 743.1 142.8 9.5 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 5.7 0.3 339.8 9.2 330.5 9 ............: 852.8 852.4 0.3 0.1 229.8 17.2 212.7 10 ...........: 181.7 181.4 0.3 0.1 49.6 2.5 47.1 : United States :105,475.4 102,547.1 2,671.6 256.7 1,510.7 97.1 1,413.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 October Species : October : September : October :------------------------ : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 97.9 98.1 97.9 98.0 98.1 Calves .......: 97.9 96.7 96.9 98.0 97.5 Hogs .........: 99.4 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 83.8 82.7 84.4 84.6 85.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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