Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released January 21, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record High Red Meat, Beef, and Pork Production in December December 2019 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. December 2020 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.85 billion pounds in December, up 3 percent from the 4.73 billion pounds produced in December 2019. Beef production, at 2.32 billion pounds, was 3 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.78 million head, up 1 percent from December 2019. The average live weight was up 16 pounds from the previous year, at 1,389 pounds. Veal production totaled 5.6 million pounds, 14 percent below December a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 40,600 head, down 19 percent from December 2019. The average live weight was up 14 pounds from last year, at 242 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.51 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 11.5 million head, up 1 percent from December 2019. The average live weight was up 6 pounds from the previous year, at 294 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.0 million pounds, was down 1 percent from December 2019. Sheep slaughter totaled 197,800 head, 1 percent above last year. The average live weight was 121 pounds, down 2 pounds from December a year ago. January to December 2020 commercial red meat production was 55.7 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2019. Accumulated beef production was down slightly from last year, veal was down 14 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 7 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: December 2019 and 2020.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: December 2019 and 2020............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: December 2019 and 2020............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: December 2019 and 2020.. 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: December 2020................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to December 2020..... 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :December 2020 as % of : January to December : December : November : December :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : December : November : : :2020 as % : : : : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,265.1 2,262.9 2,324.7 103 103 27,154.9 27,152.4 100 Veal .............: 6.5 4.8 5.6 86 116 74.4 64.3 86 Pork .............: 2,443.1 2,405.5 2,510.1 103 104 27,637.4 28,299.7 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 12.1 10.6 12.0 99 113 148.6 138.0 93 : Total red meat ...: 4,726.8 4,683.8 4,852.5 103 104 55,015.3 55,654.3 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :December 2020 as % of : January to December : December : November : December :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : December : November : : :2020 as % : : : : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,239.2 2,232.3 2,291.7 102 103 26,821.4 26,738.1 100 Veal .............: 6.4 4.7 5.5 86 116 72.8 62.4 86 Pork .............: 2,432.8 2,395.1 2,499.2 103 104 27,506.6 28,153.7 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 11.0 9.3 10.7 97 114 133.8 122.9 92 : Total red meat ...: 4,689.4 4,641.5 4,807.1 103 104 54,534.6 55,077.1 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : December : January to December : December : November : December : 2020 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : of 2019 : : : 2020 as % : : : : : 2019 : 2020 : of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,712.6 2,657.1 2,733.8 101 33,069.4 32,151.3 97 Other ................1,000: 38.5 44.6 48.2 125 485.9 605.9 125 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,751.1 2,701.7 2,782.0 101 33,555.3 32,757.2 98 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,376 1,391 1,392 101 1,347 1,376 102 Other ...............pounds: 1,179 1,203 1,200 102 1,193 1,203 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,373 1,388 1,389 101 1,344 1,373 102 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 49.1 34.4 40.0 81 578.6 446.8 77 Other ................1,000: 0.8 0.7 0.7 88 8.4 9.6 114 Commercial ...........1,000: 49.9 35.0 40.6 81 587.0 456.4 78 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 226 239 239 106 219 242 111 Other ...............pounds: 361 356 389 108 368 365 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 228 241 242 106 221 245 111 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 11,336.3 10,961.0 11,419.2 101 129,210.7 130,781.9 101 Other ................1,000: 57.8 53.9 58.1 100 702.3 764.7 109 Commercial ...........1,000: 11,394.1 11,014.8 11,477.3 101 129,913.0 131,546.6 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 288 294 294 102 285 289 101 Other ...............pounds: 243 264 257 106 255 262 103 Commercial ..........pounds: 288 294 294 102 285 289 101 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 172.9 152.2 168.4 97 2,020.4 1,894.7 94 Other ................1,000: 23.6 28.2 29.4 125 301.3 324.4 108 Commercial ...........1,000: 196.5 180.4 197.8 101 2,321.7 2,219.1 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 127 122 126 100 132 129 98 Other ...............pounds: 98 94 95 96 101 96 95 Commercial ..........pounds: 123 118 121 99 128 124 97 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 52.2 45.2 51.1 98 545.5 517.9 95 Other ................1,000: 13.1 8.5 9.3 71 129.7 105.9 82 Commercial ...........1,000: 65.3 53.8 60.4 93 675.2 623.8 92 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 65 65 65 101 65 65 99 Other ...............pounds: 81 84 84 105 82 85 103 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 68 68 100 68 68 100 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 4.6 5.0 5.4 118 54.3 62.7 116 Other ................1,000: 0.5 0.2 0.3 66 5.5 4.1 75 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.1 5.3 5.7 113 59.8 66.8 112 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : December : November : December :December 2020 as : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : % of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 0.7 1.1 1.1 158 Alaska ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 128 Arizona ...............: 39.7 37.6 41.9 105 Arkansas ..............: 0.4 0.4 0.5 128 California ............: 143.1 143.5 152.5 107 Colorado ..............: 172.5 173.2 183.1 106 Delaware-Maryland .....: 3.0 2.6 3.0 98 Florida ...............: 3.4 4.0 4.9 146 Georgia ...............: 13.5 13.3 15.0 111 Hawaii ................: 0.8 0.9 1.0 127 : Idaho .................: 32.4 32.5 34.2 105 Illinois ..............: 302.5 290.7 300.5 99 Indiana ...............: 155.8 163.5 167.3 107 Iowa ..................: 770.4 760.4 775.8 101 Kansas ................: 484.1 508.3 510.0 105 Kentucky ..............: 55.3 51.7 56.1 101 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.3 0.3 103 Michigan ..............: 99.5 104.3 111.8 112 Minnesota .............: 247.7 248.7 264.1 107 Mississippi ...........: 0.6 0.7 0.7 118 : Missouri ..............: 165.1 167.0 171.2 104 Montana ...............: 1.2 2.1 1.4 116 Nebraska ..............: 680.4 674.0 678.3 100 Nevada ................: (Y) 0.1 0.1 (X) New England 1/ ........: 2.2 2.9 3.1 137 New Jersey ............: 3.8 3.4 4.0 107 New Mexico ............: 0.3 0.3 0.4 116 New York ..............: 3.2 3.1 3.6 113 North Carolina ........: 244.0 217.7 238.7 98 North Dakota ..........: 0.5 0.5 0.6 118 : Ohio ..................: 21.7 23.7 25.3 117 Oklahoma ..............: 106.9 112.6 120.0 112 Oregon ................: 3.8 4.1 4.1 108 Pennsylvania ..........: 132.2 119.6 131.9 100 South Carolina ........: 13.1 15.1 15.3 117 South Dakota ..........: 130.9 128.3 134.3 103 Tennessee .............: 25.7 25.5 27.7 108 Texas .................: 382.7 378.1 383.1 100 Utah ..................: 46.0 45.6 49.4 107 Virginia ..............: 50.5 37.7 42.9 85 : Washington ............: 82.7 79.8 81.2 98 West Virginia .........: 0.9 1.1 1.1 119 Wisconsin .............: 102.7 103.1 110.4 108 Wyoming ...............: 0.4 0.5 0.6 153 : United States .........: 4,726.8 4,683.8 4,852.5 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 2019 and 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 0.4 1.0 438 1,059 1,009 1,042 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 91 (X) 1,068 Arizona ..........: 46.8 48.0 64,784 67,760 1,386 1,415 Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.6 418 643 948 1,034 California .......: 137.4 136.4 180,709 180,796 1,324 1,333 Colorado .........: 190.9 199.2 269,100 284,781 1,411 1,431 Delaware-Maryland : 3.1 3.1 4,308 4,343 1,369 1,406 Florida ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.1 1.4 1,192 1,592 1,111 1,134 : Idaho ............: 45.3 46.7 57,391 59,278 1,278 1,280 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 2.7 3.8 3,124 4,466 1,173 1,176 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: 536.4 562.8 749,582 789,751 1,398 1,404 Kentucky .........: 3.7 3.8 3,818 4,247 1,038 1,114 Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.4 324 355 755 793 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.3 0.4 276 390 948 971 : Missouri .........: 3.6 7.6 4,039 8,994 1,130 1,183 Montana ..........: 1.3 1.4 1,667 1,874 1,321 1,306 Nebraska .........: 607.2 584.0 880,608 862,685 1,452 1,479 Nevada ...........: 0.1 0.1 63 81 1,252 1,138 New England 1/ ...: 2.4 3.3 2,657 3,807 1,124 1,154 New Jersey .......: 3.6 4.3 4,065 4,804 1,118 1,134 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 497 529 932 1,092 New York .........: 3.1 3.7 3,713 4,527 1,193 1,246 North Carolina ...: 6.3 7.4 7,765 9,090 1,235 1,232 North Dakota .....: 0.6 0.7 743 887 1,245 1,286 : Ohio .............: 5.0 5.8 6,479 7,590 1,306 1,309 Oklahoma .........: 2.6 4.1 2,770 4,430 1,054 1,077 Oregon ...........: 1.3 1.8 1,410 2,054 1,129 1,150 Pennsylvania .....: 93.0 90.3 112,339 111,382 1,213 1,240 South Carolina ...: 19.8 22.2 24,758 29,391 1,256 1,329 South Dakota .....: 41.8 42.1 57,470 60,975 1,382 1,458 Tennessee ........: 2.1 2.9 1,970 2,970 949 1,041 Texas ............: 472.7 467.4 624,546 620,696 1,325 1,332 Utah .............: 55.0 57.2 73,924 79,315 1,345 1,389 Virginia .........: 1.3 1.5 1,387 1,711 1,062 1,105 : Washington .......: 97.2 95.2 135,753 133,474 1,401 1,406 West Virginia ....: 1.4 1.7 1,370 1,737 953 1,036 Wisconsin ........: 116.4 119.8 159,303 165,902 1,377 1,393 Wyoming ..........: 0.6 0.8 617 930 1,088 1,134 : United States ....: 2,751.1 2,782.0 3,769,575 3,855,090 1,373 1,389 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 2019 and 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arizona ..........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Arkansas .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) California .......: 4.2 4.3 563 596 140 142 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.1 30 50 421 379 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 32 74 458 495 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: 2.8 1.6 244 139 87 86 Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 39 23 420 361 Indiana ..........: 0.4 0.6 125 230 326 414 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Louisiana ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Michigan .........: 0.1 0.1 30 40 301 400 Minnesota ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Mississippi ......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) : Missouri .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.3 0.2 74 67 240 278 New Jersey .......: 2.2 1.7 836 641 380 388 New Mexico .......: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New York .........: 9.8 7.6 844 658 86 87 North Carolina ...: (Y) 0.1 (X) 35 (X) 314 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 14.0 12.3 2,050 1,841 148 150 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 10.0 8.6 4,224 3,864 424 451 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Texas ............: 0.2 0.2 91 96 432 440 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) 0.1 (D) 26 (D) 254 : Washington .......: 1.1 (D) 96 (D) 85 (D) West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 4.0 2.7 1,849 1,321 467 485 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 49.9 40.6 11,307 9,744 228 242 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 2019 and 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.7 1.9 713 763 409 398 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 30 17 264 276 Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 32 20 258 253 Arkansas .........: 0.7 0.5 183 140 263 293 California .......: 219.4 245.5 55,701 66,841 254 273 Colorado .........: 1.3 1.3 303 356 235 270 Delaware-Maryland : 1.7 1.7 436 479 251 280 Florida ..........: 7.0 4.9 809 718 115 148 Georgia ..........: 5.8 6.2 1,434 1,581 247 257 Hawaii ...........: 0.4 0.3 100 80 268 262 : Idaho ............: 15.1 15.9 4,073 4,552 270 286 Illinois .........: 1,096.8 1,088.2 314,784 319,088 287 293 Indiana ..........: 729.1 786.6 205,265 220,190 282 280 Iowa .............: 3,462.9 3,418.8 994,094 999,995 287 293 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 1.0 0.8 143 129 149 161 Michigan .........: 268.2 311.3 80,025 92,548 298 297 Minnesota ........: 1,038.7 1,096.4 289,323 307,790 279 281 Mississippi ......: 3.8 4.0 562 636 147 158 : Missouri .........: 728.5 734.1 217,935 221,686 299 302 Montana ..........: 0.9 1.0 245 296 287 286 Nebraska .........: 670.6 687.2 190,272 198,005 284 288 Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 3.1 3.3 743 886 243 266 New Jersey .......: 11.2 7.5 1,010 776 90 104 New Mexico .......: 0.1 0.2 39 48 272 244 New York .........: 2.2 2.7 488 679 219 250 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.3 86 91 330 330 : Ohio .............: 79.3 94.1 22,592 26,606 285 283 Oklahoma .........: 491.1 505.6 139,752 153,209 285 303 Oregon ...........: 13.2 12.0 3,556 3,403 270 284 Pennsylvania .....: 302.8 296.5 86,501 85,580 286 289 South Carolina ...: 4.7 4.3 1,022 880 220 207 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 81.4 90.2 37,077 39,255 456 436 Texas ............: 32.3 28.4 6,399 6,927 198 244 Utah .............: 5.5 3.4 600 610 109 181 Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 1.2 2.1 323 538 264 254 West Virginia ....: 0.6 0.6 188 191 296 316 Wisconsin ........: 60.0 73.7 25,685 31,426 429 427 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 50 62 296 303 : United States ....: 11,394.1 11,477.3 3,279,660 3,370,188 288 294 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 2019 and 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) 1.4 (X) 94 (X) 68 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 14 15 96 115 Arkansas .........: 0.1 (Y) 6 (X) 119 (X) California .......: 24.9 28.4 3,569 3,986 144 141 Colorado .........: 60.2 48.9 9,082 7,631 151 156 Delaware-Maryland : 3.0 1.3 283 144 95 114 Florida ..........: 1.6 2.3 94 134 57 60 Georgia ..........: 2.7 1.6 174 123 65 77 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 9 13 123 111 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.1 20 15 123 145 Illinois .........: 4.2 5.1 326 383 77 75 Indiana ..........: 5.8 7.0 627 779 109 111 Iowa .............: 0.1 0.2 20 28 151 152 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.4 37 38 94 104 Kentucky .........: 1.5 1.5 181 161 119 110 Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.4 22 24 52 61 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.5 0.5 50 50 93 93 Mississippi ......: 0.6 0.4 38 27 62 62 : Missouri .........: 0.9 0.8 78 72 87 88 Montana ..........: 0.4 0.4 47 52 130 127 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 7 (X) 149 New England 1/ ...: 3.5 4.7 320 433 92 92 New Jersey .......: 15.4 17.2 1,189 1,362 77 79 New Mexico .......: 0.4 0.5 57 69 137 142 New York .........: 6.7 6.0 648 584 97 97 North Carolina ...: 2.5 3.3 163 223 66 68 North Dakota .....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) : Ohio .............: 5.2 4.7 812 749 156 159 Oklahoma .........: 1.0 1.1 87 104 86 94 Oregon ...........: 4.4 5.0 598 681 135 138 Pennsylvania .....: 8.5 10.1 824 1,030 97 102 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.4 0.3 59 39 149 147 Tennessee ........: 1.5 (D) 95 (D) 64 (D) Texas ............: 13.4 17.6 1,109 1,474 83 84 Utah .............: 2.0 1.8 271 235 133 133 Virginia .........: 0.7 1.6 54 112 73 69 : Washington .......: 1.4 1.6 186 217 131 139 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.3 5.2 177 762 138 148 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 11 16 137 136 : United States ....: 196.5 197.8 24,173 24,025 123 121 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 December : : : : January to December Class : December : November : December :-----------------------: December : November : December :----------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head --------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,291.0 1,292.4 1,323.0 16,297.8 15,856.2 47.6 48.6 48.4 49.3 49.3 Heifers ..........: 832.2 798.2 808.2 9,818.9 9,445.3 30.7 30.0 29.6 29.7 29.4 All cows .........: 548.8 525.6 561.7 6,414.0 6,331.4 20.2 19.8 20.5 19.4 19.7 Dairy cows .......: 265.4 229.4 273.5 3,224.2 3,063.5 9.8 8.6 10.0 9.7 9.5 Other cows .......: 283.5 296.2 288.2 3,189.8 3,267.9 10.4 11.1 10.5 9.6 10.2 Bulls ............: 40.5 40.9 40.9 538.7 518.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 : Total ............: 2,712.6 2,657.1 2,733.8 33,069.4 32,151.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 49.1 34.4 40.0 578.6 446.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 11,053.8 10,687.2 11,109.2 125,844.3 127,149.2 97.5 97.5 97.3 97.4 97.2 Sows .............: 255.6 250.9 283.7 3,012.0 3,321.1 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.5 Boars ............: 26.9 22.8 26.4 354.3 311.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 : Total ............: 11,336.3 10,961.0 11,419.2 129,210.7 130,781.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 10.3 8.7 10.7 114.8 113.0 5.9 5.7 6.3 5.7 6.0 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 162.6 143.5 157.8 1,905.6 1,781.7 94.1 94.3 93.7 94.3 94.0 : Total ............: 172.9 152.2 168.4 2,020.4 1,894.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to December Class : December : November : December :----------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 827 842 840 813 834 Steers 1/ ...............: 905 924 920 878 908 Heifers 1/ ..............: 836 848 847 813 835 All cows 1/ .............: 629 628 639 639 641 Bulls 1/ ................: 851 865 859 878 879 : Calves and vealers ... : 131 139 139 127 141 : Hogs ................. : 215 219 219 213 215 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 213 217 217 211 213 Sows 2/ .................: 301 300 297 304 303 Boars 2/ ................: 194 193 195 196 193 : Sheep ................ : 63 61 63 66 65 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 63 64 65 65 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 63 61 63 66 65 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: December 2020 [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 ............: 3.0 1.3 (D) 0.4 0.2 0.3 (D) 0.2 2 ............: 7.8 2.5 1.6 3.4 3.2 0.1 0.4 9.2 3 ............: 93.5 33.7 2.6 53.2 45.9 7.3 4.0 8.7 4 ............: 68.5 3.9 1.7 53.8 15.4 38.4 9.1 0.3 5 ............: 286.0 127.1 (D) 117.6 68.4 49.1 (D) 15.6 6 ............: 466.5 217.3 148.4 92.9 26.9 66.1 7.9 0.1 7 ............:1,184.8 653.0 459.5 65.9 10.6 55.3 6.5 (Y) 8 ............: 295.9 158.4 102.3 33.8 7.5 26.3 1.5 (Y) 9 ............: 185.3 78.3 22.5 82.5 67.2 15.3 2.0 4.1 10 ...........: 142.6 47.5 34.2 58.4 28.3 30.1 2.5 1.6 : United States :2,733.8 1,323.0 808.2 561.7 273.5 288.2 40.9 40.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.9 2.9 (Y) (Y) 4.5 0.3 4.2 2 ............: 10.1 10.0 (Y) (Y) 22.6 2.5 20.1 3 ............: 477.5 476.2 (D) (D) 13.6 1.1 12.5 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 10.5 1.4 9.1 5 ............: 3,427.9 3,295.2 127.9 4.9 30.0 2.4 27.7 6 ............: 529.0 528.9 0.1 (Y) 3.7 0.5 3.1 7 ............: 4,853.7 4,769.4 68.0 16.4 1.0 (Y) 1.0 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.3 (Y) 50.4 1.4 49.0 9 ............: 240.6 240.6 (Y) (Y) 26.5 0.7 25.8 10 ...........: 29.5 29.5 (Y) (Y) 5.6 0.3 5.3 : United States :11,419.2 11,109.2 283.7 26.4 168.4 10.7 157.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 December 2020 [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 ............: 33.6 14.6 (D) 6.2 2.9 3.3 (D) 2.8 2 ............: 87.3 26.8 18.4 37.8 35.4 2.4 4.4 101.9 3 ............: 1,024.7 352.9 36.0 593.7 487.9 105.8 42.0 94.9 4 ............: 793.9 55.4 18.4 616.1 174.8 441.2 104.1 3.3 5 ............: 3,268.1 1,550.4 (D) 1,212.8 732.5 480.3 (D) 152.3 6 ............: 5,624.3 2,639.4 1,777.4 1,113.9 334.5 779.4 93.7 1.1 7 ............:14,087.3 7,913.8 5,362.9 717.2 94.2 623.0 93.4 0.5 8 ............: 3,457.6 1,848.1 1,181.9 410.9 95.4 315.5 16.6 (Y) 9 ............: 2,165.5 921.1 251.9 963.9 761.1 202.8 28.6 52.7 10 ...........: 1,608.8 533.7 381.6 658.9 344.7 314.2 34.7 37.3 : United States :32,151.3 15,856.2 9,445.3 6,331.4 3,063.5 3,267.9 518.3 446.8 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 31.9 31.5 0.4 0.1 43.9 3.1 40.8 2 ............: 97.5 97.0 0.4 0.1 227.1 24.3 202.8 3 ............: 5,608.0 5,595.0 (D) (D) 153.0 14.4 138.6 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 128.0 13.7 114.3 5 ............: 38,542.1 36,949.0 1,536.0 57.1 313.9 24.4 289.5 6 ............: 6,127.2 6,125.2 1.7 0.2 57.8 3.9 53.9 7 ............: 57,090.4 56,126.8 778.5 185.1 13.8 0.2 13.6 8 ............: (D) (D) 7.5 0.3 612.6 17.4 595.2 9 ............: 2,662.8 2,662.4 0.4 0.1 288.2 8.7 279.5 10 ...........: 347.4 346.9 0.4 0.1 56.4 3.0 53.4 : United States :130,781.9 127,149.2 3,321.1 311.6 1,894.7 113.0 1,781.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to December Species : December : November : December :------------------------ : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.6 98.3 98.3 98.6 98.2 Calves .......: 98.5 98.1 98.4 98.6 97.9 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.4 Sheep ........: 88.0 84.3 85.2 87.0 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 800 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and about 1,900 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. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov. Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ......... (202) 692-0069 Scott Hollis, Head, Livestock Section ........... (202) 690-2424 Sherry Bertramsen - Livestock Slaughter ...... (202) 690-8632 Holly Brenize - Sheep and Goats .............. (202) 720-0585 Ryan Cowen - Cattle, Cattle on Feed .......... (202) 720-3040 Mike Miller - Milk Production and Milk Cows .. (202) 720-3278 Suzanne Richards - Dairy Products ............ (202) 720-4448 Seth Riggins - Hogs and Pigs ................. 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