Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released June 20, 2024, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record High Pork Production in May May 2023 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. May 2024 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.62 billion pounds in May, up 1 percent from the 4.59 billion pounds produced in May 2023. Beef production, at 2.33 billion pounds, was 1 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.75 million head, down 3 percent from May 2023. The average live weight was up 46 pounds from the previous year, at 1,395 pounds. Veal production totaled 3.5 million pounds, 16 percent below May a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 17,700 head, down 27 percent from May 2023. The average live weight was up 42 pounds from last year, at 335 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.28 billion pounds, up slightly from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.6 million head, down slightly from May 2023. The average live weight was up 1 pound from the previous year, at 290 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 11.5 million pounds, was up slightly from May 2023. Sheep slaughter totaled 187,000 head, slightly above last year. The average live weight was 121 pounds, unchanged from May a year ago. January to May 2024 commercial red meat production was 23.0 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2023. Accumulated beef production was down slightly from last year, veal was down 11 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 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: May 2023 and 2024............ 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: May 2023 and 2024.............. 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: May 2023 and 2024............... 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: May 2023 and 2024.... 10 Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States.............. 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States........ 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: May 2024.................. 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to May 2024....... 13 Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States.. 13 Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates......................... 14 Statistical Methodology.............................................................. 15 Information Contacts................................................................. 16 Commercial Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 2024 as % of : January to May : May : April : May :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : May : April : : :2024 as % : : : : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,305.7 2,303.4 2,326.2 101 101 11,198.4 11,189.4 100 Veal .............: 4.2 3.5 3.5 84 100 20.2 18.0 89 Pork .............: 2,271.6 2,317.4 2,278.6 100 98 11,462.7 11,690.0 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 11.4 11.4 11.5 100 101 55.8 56.7 101 : Total red meat ...: 4,592.9 4,635.6 4,619.8 101 100 22,737.1 22,954.1 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 2024 as % of : January to May : May : April : May :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : May : April : : :2024 as % : : : : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,269.3 2,269.3 2,292.2 101 101 11,018.4 11,019.1 100 Veal .............: 4.1 3.3 3.4 83 101 19.5 17.3 89 Pork .............: 2,261.4 2,308.2 2,269.5 100 98 11,413.8 11,642.2 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.9 10.1 10.2 103 101 49.7 50.8 102 : Total red meat ...: 4,544.6 4,590.9 4,575.3 101 100 22,501.5 22,729.5 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May : January to May : May : April : May : 2024 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : of 2023 : : : 2024 as % : : : : : 2023 : 2024 : of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,786.6 2,680.5 2,696.7 97 13,436.6 13,083.5 97 Other ................1,000: 53.3 48.7 48.5 91 264.1 244.5 93 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,839.9 2,729.2 2,745.3 97 13,700.7 13,327.9 97 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,352 1,398 1,398 103 1,368 1,394 102 Other ...............pounds: 1,209 1,227 1,219 101 1,213 1,223 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,349 1,395 1,395 103 1,365 1,391 102 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 23.8 16.8 17.2 72 125.8 93.0 74 Other ................1,000: 0.5 0.7 0.6 127 3.2 3.4 107 Commercial ...........1,000: 24.2 17.5 17.7 73 129.1 96.5 75 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 291 336 333 115 267 317 119 Other ...............pounds: 380 391 395 104 361 378 105 Commercial ..........pounds: 293 338 335 115 269 319 118 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,533.4 10,701.0 10,534.3 100 52,682.7 53,896.3 102 Other ................1,000: 50.9 48.2 48.5 95 243.9 245.9 101 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,584.3 10,749.2 10,582.8 100 52,926.6 54,142.2 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 289 290 290 100 291 290 100 Other ...............pounds: 277 262 257 93 276 267 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 289 290 290 100 291 290 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 154.6 164.5 163.0 105 773.0 806.8 104 Other ................1,000: 31.5 24.3 23.9 76 125.9 111.8 89 Commercial ...........1,000: 186.1 188.8 187.0 100 898.9 918.7 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 126 121 123 98 127 124 98 Other ...............pounds: 99 105 105 106 97 102 105 Commercial ..........pounds: 121 119 121 100 123 121 99 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 44.2 47.5 47.5 108 212.9 231.3 109 Other ................1,000: 6.8 9.0 8.4 123 37.2 46.4 125 Commercial ...........1,000: 51.0 56.5 56.0 110 250.1 277.7 111 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 64 64 101 65 63 98 Other ...............pounds: 89 79 81 92 87 81 93 Commercial ..........pounds: 67 66 67 99 68 66 97 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.5 6.6 6.7 104 32.3 34.6 107 Other ................1,000: 0.2 0.3 0.2 109 1.4 1.3 92 Commercial ...........1,000: 6.6 6.9 6.9 104 33.7 35.9 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : May : April : May : May 2024 as : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : % of 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.2 1.2 1.0 80 Alaska ................: (Y) (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 40.5 40.4 40.6 100 Arkansas ..............: 0.5 0.6 0.6 111 California ............: 114.4 98.2 99.2 87 Colorado ..............: 169.0 179.8 183.2 108 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.9 2.5 2.7 95 Florida ...............: 7.9 7.0 6.6 83 Georgia ...............: 13.0 11.3 11.6 89 Hawaii ................: 0.7 0.8 0.9 116 : Idaho .................: 34.5 43.1 45.9 133 Illinois ..............: 270.0 281.1 282.6 105 Indiana ...............: 153.0 159.2 158.0 103 Iowa ..................: 769.9 774.4 753.2 98 Kansas ................: 491.0 509.7 517.7 105 Kentucky ..............: 50.7 53.7 52.5 104 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 109 Michigan ..............: 111.3 118.7 126.1 113 Minnesota .............: 239.0 227.6 228.6 96 Mississippi ...........: 0.9 0.8 0.9 100 : Missouri ..............: 166.0 166.2 157.8 95 Montana ...............: 2.9 2.2 3.2 110 Nebraska ..............: 621.9 661.0 659.7 106 Nevada ................: 0.1 (Y) 0.1 83 New England 1/ ........: 2.8 2.6 2.7 97 New Jersey ............: 4.1 4.2 4.1 102 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.3 97 New York ..............: 3.4 3.2 3.4 101 North Carolina ........: 269.6 221.5 223.4 83 North Dakota ..........: 0.7 0.8 0.7 96 : Ohio ..................: 24.7 26.4 26.3 106 Oklahoma ..............: 108.0 123.1 110.9 103 Oregon ................: 2.7 2.2 2.3 85 Pennsylvania ..........: 132.3 133.9 133.5 101 South Carolina ........: 16.6 16.6 16.5 99 South Dakota ..........: 116.8 123.1 120.6 103 Tennessee .............: 24.8 26.6 26.1 106 Texas .................: 389.3 379.2 384.8 99 Utah ..................: 46.4 48.0 50.6 109 Virginia ..............: 1.4 1.2 1.3 95 : Washington ............: 84.0 80.4 78.8 94 West Virginia .........: 0.8 0.9 0.8 92 Wisconsin .............: 101.5 100.7 98.3 97 Wyoming ...............: 0.9 0.7 0.9 102 : United States .........: 4,592.9 4,635.6 4,619.8 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: May 2023 and 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 1.3 0.9 1,483 1,022 1,163 1,140 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 50 (X) 955 Arizona ..........: 46.1 45.2 64,847 64,897 1,410 1,439 Arkansas .........: 0.8 1.0 844 971 1,024 1,014 California .......: 133.4 109.3 179,139 148,234 1,351 1,366 Colorado .........: 195.9 202.4 265,205 285,930 1,355 1,414 Delaware-Maryland : 2.9 2.8 4,162 4,026 1,417 1,442 Florida ..........: 12.7 10.1 15,277 12,689 1,210 1,262 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.1 1.2 1,207 1,413 1,137 1,165 : Idaho ............: 47.0 (D) 59,975 (D) 1,282 (D) Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.3 5.4 5,201 6,497 1,210 1,197 Iowa .............: 49.6 47.4 68,275 66,164 1,377 1,396 Kansas ...........: 568.0 574.3 763,002 798,829 1,344 1,391 Kentucky .........: 6.9 6.2 7,486 7,169 1,097 1,158 Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.6 522 580 866 951 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.8 0.7 771 766 942 1,033 : Missouri .........: 25.1 10.3 30,392 11,944 1,215 1,169 Montana ..........: 3.5 3.6 4,442 4,514 1,270 1,246 Nebraska .........: 596.7 582.2 833,615 847,461 1,398 1,457 Nevada ...........: 0.1 0.1 82 68 1,173 1,137 New England 1/ ...: 2.9 2.9 3,458 3,516 1,187 1,230 New Jersey .......: 4.3 4.5 4,911 5,092 1,146 1,149 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.4 496 477 1,035 1,071 New York .........: 4.0 3.9 4,762 4,810 1,213 1,255 North Carolina ...: 8.4 6.3 10,326 7,732 1,236 1,237 North Dakota .....: 0.9 0.8 1,139 1,088 1,229 1,295 : Ohio .............: 6.5 6.4 8,680 8,423 1,329 1,314 Oklahoma .........: 6.4 7.2 7,653 8,431 1,197 1,182 Oregon ...........: 1.8 1.4 2,219 1,727 1,215 1,238 Pennsylvania .....: 96.6 93.0 124,585 122,208 1,295 1,320 South Carolina ...: 23.9 23.1 32,341 32,267 1,357 1,403 South Dakota .....: 38.5 39.6 53,688 58,949 1,401 1,493 Tennessee ........: 4.0 3.1 4,105 3,339 1,030 1,074 Texas ............: 488.9 465.6 639,218 629,238 1,311 1,355 Utah .............: 53.2 54.8 72,383 78,883 1,361 1,441 Virginia .........: 1.8 1.6 1,913 1,687 1,085 1,075 : Washington .......: 99.2 91.0 137,141 127,864 1,386 1,408 West Virginia ....: 1.0 0.9 1,191 1,099 1,187 1,186 Wisconsin ........: 106.5 101.5 148,947 142,401 1,406 1,411 Wyoming ..........: 1.0 1.0 1,246 1,253 1,198 1,230 : United States ....: 2,839.9 2,745.3 3,824,066 3,821,800 1,349 1,395 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: May 2023 and 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arkansas .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) California .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Georgia ..........: 0.2 0.1 82 30 471 413 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.2 57 65 394 397 Indiana ..........: 0.6 0.5 267 201 447 385 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Mississippi ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Missouri .........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.2 0.1 37 39 221 264 New Jersey .......: 1.5 1.4 564 550 380 381 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: 3.0 (D) 278 (D) 94 (D) North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 18 38 151 258 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 3.7 2.9 994 1,111 271 384 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.1 7.2 3,085 3,165 435 440 South Carolina ...: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Texas ............: 0.1 0.1 28 70 430 483 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.1 (D) 35 (D) 286 (D) : Washington .......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) West Virginia ....: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Wisconsin ........: 2.0 (Y) 931 (X) 469 (X) Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 24.2 17.7 7,043 5,900 293 335 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: May 2023 and 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.6 1.6 607 642 386 406 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 26 28 276 336 Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 22 21 267 278 Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.4 99 92 258 220 California .......: 77.0 87.3 16,895 19,668 220 226 Colorado .........: 2.3 2.5 377 388 161 158 Delaware-Maryland : 1.7 1.5 461 407 268 270 Florida ..........: 6.1 4.2 625 564 102 133 Georgia ..........: 5.5 5.2 1,502 1,418 271 271 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 39 39 260 268 : Idaho ............: 12.5 12.4 3,017 3,098 241 250 Illinois .........: 955.3 1,006.8 273,639 291,026 287 289 Indiana ..........: 723.9 733.1 199,701 205,577 276 281 Iowa .............: 3,445.7 3,306.0 984,161 963,650 286 292 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.2 0.4 51 93 264 260 Michigan .........: 321.3 396.5 93,483 115,119 291 290 Minnesota ........: 1,021.4 972.2 281,801 272,064 276 280 Mississippi ......: 3.5 3.7 630 632 180 172 : Missouri .........: 690.1 688.1 201,250 202,276 292 294 Montana ..........: 1.9 2.0 692 612 369 307 Nebraska .........: 500.0 615.1 143,186 178,628 286 290 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.0 2.3 835 627 279 276 New Jersey .......: 7.6 8.6 803 849 106 99 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 54 49 256 249 New York .........: 2.0 1.7 495 429 250 247 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.2 0.3 58 76 297 293 : Ohio .............: 91.2 94.1 25,483 27,673 280 294 Oklahoma .........: 464.2 473.9 136,408 139,178 294 294 Oregon ...........: 5.3 5.1 1,292 1,255 242 247 Pennsylvania .....: 269.8 280.6 76,410 78,533 283 280 South Carolina ...: 2.2 1.9 545 481 248 250 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 74.7 80.0 33,871 36,450 454 456 Texas ............: 24.1 23.9 5,191 4,728 216 198 Utah .............: 2.0 2.3 501 673 250 289 Virginia .........: 1.0 1.2 307 357 301 309 : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: 0.5 0.5 159 151 300 309 Wisconsin ........: 73.9 76.6 32,108 33,580 436 439 Wyoming ..........: 0.7 0.7 193 195 262 280 : United States ....: 10,584.3 10,582.8 3,053,065 3,064,734 289 290 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: May 2023 and 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.5 0.7 51 81 96 118 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 12 10 117 85 California .......: 24.1 25.3 3,603 3,701 150 146 Colorado .........: 33.9 32.5 5,479 5,546 162 171 Delaware-Maryland : 2.1 1.6 205 159 97 100 Florida ..........: 2.5 3.0 132 157 52 52 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.1 23 14 133 118 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.1 18 17 116 153 Illinois .........: 4.9 8.1 448 659 91 81 Indiana ..........: 6.1 6.3 621 656 102 105 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.1 24 15 139 121 Kansas ...........: 0.3 0.4 27 35 92 95 Kentucky .........: 1.4 1.3 140 139 100 110 Louisiana ........: 0.7 0.8 44 44 59 57 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.5 0.5 42 41 78 75 Mississippi ......: 0.1 0.2 6 11 68 64 : Missouri .........: 0.9 1.2 73 103 80 86 Montana ..........: 0.4 0.5 44 72 124 135 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 4.2 4.7 403 459 96 99 New Jersey .......: 16.6 15.1 1,352 1,258 81 83 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.5 71 59 127 130 New York .........: 6.3 6.2 542 607 86 99 North Carolina ...: 1.9 3.9 122 235 63 60 North Dakota .....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) : Ohio .............: 4.7 5.5 766 869 162 157 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.9 4.1 769 643 156 158 Pennsylvania .....: 11.0 11.5 1,088 1,153 99 100 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 26 25 130 137 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 29.2 26.6 3,096 2,884 106 108 Utah .............: 1.6 1.5 210 206 134 135 Virginia .........: 0.9 1.8 67 108 74 60 : Washington .......: 1.3 1.6 174 224 134 136 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.0 0.8 422 89 142 114 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 16 16 125 147 : United States ....: 186.1 187.0 22,586 22,578 121 121 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 May : : : : January to May Class : May : April : May :-----------------------: May : April : May :----------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,341.3 1,256.3 1,343.6 6,224.2 6,223.8 48.1 46.9 49.8 46.3 47.6 Heifers ..........: 847.1 899.5 852.3 4,211.0 4,217.8 30.4 33.6 31.6 31.3 32.2 All cows .........: 549.8 478.6 457.5 2,794.7 2,446.4 19.7 17.9 17.0 20.8 18.7 Dairy cows .......: 249.1 238.2 216.1 1,363.2 1,201.9 8.9 8.9 8.0 10.1 9.2 Other cows .......: 300.8 240.4 241.4 1,431.5 1,244.4 10.8 9.0 9.0 10.7 9.5 Bulls ............: 48.3 46.1 43.3 206.6 195.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 : Total ............: 2,786.6 2,680.5 2,696.7 13,436.6 13,083.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 23.8 16.8 17.2 125.8 93.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,231.7 10,403.3 10,224.8 51,271.6 52,398.3 97.1 97.2 97.1 97.3 97.2 Sows .............: 274.7 274.1 282.0 1,283.3 1,375.9 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.6 Boars ............: 27.0 23.6 27.5 127.7 122.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,533.4 10,701.0 10,534.3 52,682.7 53,896.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 10.3 12.1 12.4 46.9 53.4 6.7 7.4 7.6 6.1 6.6 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 144.3 152.4 150.7 726.1 753.4 93.3 92.6 92.4 93.9 93.4 : Total ............: 154.6 164.5 163.0 773.0 806.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to May Class : May : April : May :----------------------- : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 816 848 852 822 844 Steers 1/ ...............: 888 920 922 899 920 Heifers 1/ ..............: 819 849 847 827 843 All cows 1/ .............: 628 651 645 637 647 Bulls 1/ ................: 890 912 923 866 896 : Calves and vealers ... : 172 200 199 156 188 : Hogs ................. : 215 216 216 217 216 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 213 214 213 215 214 Sows 2/ .................: 300 301 301 297 299 Boars 2/ ................: 194 220 224 193 223 : Sheep ................ : 64 61 63 64 63 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 65 64 64 65 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 64 61 62 64 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: May 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.6 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 2 ............: 8.2 2.1 2.2 3.6 3.0 0.6 0.3 3.0 3 ............: 95.9 41.0 5.2 43.8 32.3 11.5 5.8 7.5 4 ............: 68.1 5.7 2.7 51.9 11.1 40.8 7.7 0.3 5 ............: 252.3 125.0 (D) 85.1 56.0 29.1 (D) 3.5 6 ............: 467.1 216.8 149.6 91.1 23.9 67.2 9.6 (D) 7 ............:1,203.6 674.3 (D) 55.6 4.5 51.2 (D) (Y) 8 ............: 295.4 159.9 (D) 20.6 7.1 13.5 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 155.0 62.3 28.1 61.9 49.3 12.6 2.8 (D) 10 ...........: 148.6 55.3 47.2 43.6 28.8 14.8 2.5 (D) : United States :2,696.7 1,343.6 852.3 457.5 216.1 241.4 43.3 17.2 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.1 2.0 (Y) (Y) 4.6 0.3 4.3 2 ............: 10.3 10.2 (Y) (Y) 20.8 2.0 18.8 3 ............: 282.1 281.8 (D) (D) 15.9 2.4 13.4 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 11.3 1.0 10.3 5 ............: 3,258.9 3,133.2 120.4 5.3 25.9 1.8 24.0 6 ............: 494.5 494.4 0.1 (Y) 21.0 0.9 20.1 7 ............: 4,623.4 4,528.1 79.6 15.7 1.5 (Y) 1.4 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.7 (Y) 33.8 0.9 32.9 9 ............: 83.0 83.0 (Y) (Y) 24.0 2.8 21.2 10 ...........: 18.7 18.7 0.1 (Y) 4.4 0.2 4.2 : United States :10,534.3 10,224.8 282.0 27.5 163.0 12.4 150.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to May 2024 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 12.7 5.1 3.5 2.6 1.5 1.1 1.4 0.8 2 ............: 39.7 10.3 11.0 17.0 14.2 2.8 1.4 16.2 3 ............: 463.5 187.3 22.1 226.8 169.9 57.0 27.3 38.3 4 ............: 356.3 26.0 12.6 278.3 69.3 209.0 39.4 1.9 5 ............: 1,258.3 592.3 (D) 462.6 290.0 172.6 (D) 18.4 6 ............: 2,265.5 1,010.9 742.2 466.6 158.7 307.8 45.9 (D) 7 ............: 5,790.1 3,109.4 (D) 325.3 30.7 294.6 (D) 0.3 8 ............: 1,395.8 712.6 (D) 116.9 35.1 81.9 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 780.0 306.1 136.1 328.0 280.7 47.3 9.8 (D) 10 ...........: 721.6 263.7 226.2 222.3 152.0 70.3 9.5 (D) : United States :13,083.5 6,223.8 4,217.8 2,446.4 1,201.9 1,244.4 195.5 93.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 9.6 9.4 0.1 0.1 23.0 1.3 21.7 2 ............: 52.5 52.3 0.2 (Y) 104.0 10.1 93.9 3 ............: 1,440.1 1,438.8 (D) (D) 81.5 10.5 71.0 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 56.9 5.0 51.9 5 ............: 16,376.8 15,777.5 576.1 23.2 129.9 8.1 121.8 6 ............: 2,549.1 2,548.1 0.7 0.3 88.5 3.4 85.1 7 ............: 24,140.0 23,673.3 394.7 72.1 5.9 0.1 5.8 8 ............: (D) (D) 2.6 0.2 178.4 4.0 174.4 9 ............: 386.1 385.9 0.2 (Y) 114.5 10.0 104.5 10 ...........: 89.5 89.2 0.2 (Y) 24.2 0.9 23.3 : United States : 53,896.3 52,398.3 1,375.9 122.1 806.8 53.4 753.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 May Species : May : April : May :------------------------ : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.1 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.2 Calves .......: 98.1 96.0 96.8 97.5 96.4 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 83.1 87.1 87.2 86.0 87.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole animal, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Commercial Production: Includes slaughter and meat production in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. Based on packers' dressed weights. Custom-Exempt Plants: Plants that do not sell meat but operate on a custom basis only are custom-exempt. The animals and meat are not inspected, but the facilities must meet health standards. These are considered NFI plants and head kill is included in NFI totals. Dressed Weight: The weight of a chilled animal carcass. Beef with kidney knob in; veal with hide off; lamb and mutton with pluck out; pork with leaf fat and kidneys out, jowls on and head off. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live animal on hoof. For example, a live hog that weighed 200 pounds on hoof and yielded a carcass weighing 140 pounds would have a dressing percentage of 70. Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Any state whose commercial plants operate entirely under federal inspection may still have custom-exempt establishments for which NFI estimates are made. Food and Meat Inspection: Includes examination, checking, or testing of a carcass and/or meat against established government standards and involves checking the facility for cleanliness, health of animals, or parts of animals and quality of the meat produced. Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) Plants: Plants which sell and transport only intrastate. State inspectors assure compliance with individual state standards for these NFI plants. Mobile slaughtering units are excluded and are considered farm slaughter. Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and butchered. Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter excluding condemnation and is comprised of beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. The FI red meat production is equal to the total carcass weight after slaughter. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food. Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates appear only in the annual slaughter release. Talmedge-Aiken (TA) Plants: Slaughter plants in which USDA is responsible for inspection. However, federal inspection is carried out by State employees. These plants are considered to be federally inspected. Total Live Weight: The total weight of live animals, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for sale in the United States must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards. Statistical Methodology Data Sources: Primary data for the Livestock Slaughter publication are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State-administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. There are approximately 1,000 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and nearly 1,850 Non-Federally Inspected (State-inspected or custom-exempt) slaughter plants. Slaughter from State- inspected Talmedge-Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Terms and Definitions, page 14). To prevent duplication in reporting between FI and NFI plants and assure all FI plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are constantly monitored. Revision Policy: Number of head slaughtered, live weights, and dressed weights are subject to revision the following month after the monthly release. Annual totals are published in the slaughter summary each April which includes any revisions made to current and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports received from slaughter plants and are usually less than one-half of one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after the publication of the annual summary in April. Procedures and Reliability: The livestock slaughter data is obtained electronically on a daily basis and summarized approximately two weeks after the week of slaughter. A computer program compares each plant's data with the historical data for that plant. Data are checked for unusual values for head kill, patterns of kill, average weights, and dressing percent, based on each plant's past operating profile. In addition, the computer program provides a listing of missing reports for follow-up contact with FSIS. Average live and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous weeks as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species reported. The FSIS District Veterinary Medical Specialists (DVMS) are contacted by e- mail or telephone for missing or potentially erroneous slaughter data. This assures that plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species are accounted for each week. Any corrections FSIS makes to the slaughter data are included in the summary. Computer imputation may be necessary for incomplete reports. The imputation of live and dressed weights is based on the current week reported data of plants of similar size and location. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for cattle and hogs is less than 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. If no data is received electronically or by other means, for plants slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species, data are imputed. The imputation of head for any plant is based on the historical data for that particular plant. The imputation of head slaughtered is rare but when necessary, the imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the United States head kill totals. FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and statistics are also available on the NASS website. NFI data are summarized monthly only. Livestock slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to non- sampling errors such as omissions, duplications and mistakes in reporting, recording and processing the data. These errors are minimized through rigid quality controls in the computer edit program and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. No data are published when an individual plant's data could be divulged. If not published, as indicated with a (D), these data are still included in United States and region totals. A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data. 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